Genesis 28:12 Cross References - Thomson

¹² and dreamed; and lo! a ladder set on the earth, the top of which reached up to heaven and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

¹ After these things a word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I protect thee. Thy reward shall be exceedingly great.

¹² And at the going down of the sun an ecstacy came on Abram, and lo! a great gloomy horror falleth upon him,

³ And Abimelech the king of the Gerarites sent and took Sarah. And God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said, Behold thou diest for this woman, whom thou hast taken; for she is the man's wife.

⁶ And God said to him in a dream, I know indeed that with a pure heart thou hast done this, and out of compassion I withheld thee from sinning against me. For this cause I suffered thee not to touch her. ⁷ Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet; and he will pray for thee and thou shalt live. But if thou restore not, be assured that thou and all belonging to thee shall die.

¹ and Jacob proceeded on his journey. And raising his eyes he saw a camp of God pitched and messengers of God were coming to meet him. ² And when Jacob saw them he said, That is a camp of God, So he called the name of that place Camps.

⁵ Besides Joseph having dreamed a dream told it to his brothers ⁶ and said to them, Hear this dream which I have dreamed. ⁷ I thought we were binding sheaves in the middle of a field; and my sheaf arose and stood upright, and your sheaves being ranged around made obeisance to my sheaf. ⁸ Upon which his brothers said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us or have dominion over us? So they hated him still more for his dreams and for his words. ⁹ And he had another dream and told this to his father and his brothers and said, Behold, I have dreamed another dream, as if the sun and the moon and eleven stars made obeisance to me. ¹⁰ Upon which his father rebuked him saying, What is this dream which thou hast dreamed? What! Shall I and thy mother and thy brothers come and bow down to thee on the ground? ¹¹ So his brothers envied him; but his father pondered the matter.

¹ Now after these things it happened that the chief butler of the king of Egypt and the chief baker offended their lord the king of Egypt. ² And Pharao was incensed against his two officers, against the chief butler and against the chief baker ³ and sent them under a guard to prison; to the place to which Joseph had been sent. ⁴ And the keeper of the prison committed them to Joseph and he attended them. And when they had been there some days in prison, ⁵ they both had a dream, in the same night. And the appearance of the dream both of the chief butler and the chief baker, who belonged to the king of Egypt and were in prison, was similar. ⁶ And in the morning when Joseph went in to them he saw that they were troubled. ⁷ Whereupon he asked the officers of Pharao who were confined with him at his master's, saying, Why are your countenances sad to day? ⁸ And they said to him, We have had a dream and there is none to interpret it. And Joseph said, Is not the interpretation thereof from God? Therefore tell me. ⁹ So the chief butler told Joseph his dream and said, In my sleep there was a vine before me, ¹⁰ and on the vine three branches and one was flourishing and had produced clusters, and the grapes of one cluster were ripe. ¹¹ And I had in my hand the cup of Pharao. So I took the bunch and squeezed it into the cup and gave the cup into Pharao's hand. ¹² Thereupon Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it. The three branches are three days. ¹³ Three days hence Pharao will take cognizance of thy administration and restore thee to thy office of cup bearer, and thou shalt give Pharao's cup into his hand according to thy former dignity, when thou wast butler. ¹⁴ But think of me by thy own case, when it shall be well with thee; and do me the favour to mention me to Pharao and release me from this prison. ¹⁵ For I have been stolen from the land of the Hebrews; and here I have done nothing, yet they have thrown me into this dungeon. ¹⁶ And when the chief baker saw that he interpreted well he said to Joseph, I also had a dream, I thought I was carrying on my head three baskets of cakes, ¹⁷ and in the uppermost basket, pastry of all the sorts which Pharao eateth. And the birds of the air devoured those in the uppermost basket on my head. ¹⁸ And Joseph answered and said to him, This is the interpretation thereof. The three baskets are three days. ¹⁹ Three days hence Pharao will take off thy head and hang thee on a gibbet and the birds of the air will devour thy flesh. ²⁰ Accordingly it fell out, that the third day was Pharao's birth day, and he made an entertainment for all his servants and took cognizance of the administration of the butler, and the administration of the baker in the midst of his servants. ²¹ And he restored the butler to his office, and he gave the cup into Pharao's hand. ²² But the chief baker he hanged as Joseph had interpreted to them. ²³ Yet the chief butler made no mention of Joseph, but passed him over in oblivion.

⁶ he said to them, Hear my words. If there be a prophet among you to the Lord, I will make myself known to him by a vision, and speak to him in sleep.

⁹ For the eyes of the Lord look throughout the whole earth, to strengthen them whose heart is perfect towards him. In this matter thou hast acted foolishly. Henceforward thou shalt have war.

¹² But had there been any truth in thy words; none of these evils would have happened to thee. ¹³ Should not my ear receive unusual things coming from him? At a dreadful sound by night, when terror appalleth men, ¹⁴ I was seized with a horror and trembling, which gave a violent shog to my bones. ¹⁵ A wind indeed blew full in my face, and my hair stood erect and my flesh quivered. ¹⁶ I started up, but could perceive nothing: I looked, but there was no form before my eyes. I only heard a sound and a voice, saying: ¹⁷ "What! can a mortal be pure before the Lord, or a man by his works be blameless?" ¹⁸ If in his servants he placeth not confidence, and in his angels perceiveth some blemish: ¹⁹ how should he treat them who dwell in houses of clay, [of which clay we indeed are] but as worms? ²⁰ but from morning till noon: and they are no more. ²¹ Because they could not help themselves they were destroyed. For he blowed on them and they withered: they perished because they had not wisdom.

¹⁵ In a dream, for instance, or in a nightly vision: As when a dread horror falleth on men, during their slumbers on a bed; ¹⁶ then doth he open the understanding of men.

¹⁰ Fear not, for I am with thee; be not led astray, for I am thy God. I have strengthened thee and helped thee, and secured thee with my just right hand.

¹ . Nabuchodonosar, in the second year of his reign, dreamed a dream and his spirit was troubled and his sleep went from him. ² And the king gave orders to call the soothsayers and the magians and the chymists and the Chaldees that they might tell the king his dream. ³ And when they were come and stood before the king, the king said to them, I have dreamed and my mind is anxious to know the dream. ⁴ Whereupon the Chaldees said to the king in Syriac, king, live forever. Tell thy servants the dream and we will explain the meaning. ⁵ The king answered the Chaldees, The subject is gone from me. If you do not tell me the dream and the interpretation you shall be put to death and your houses shall be exposed to plunder. ⁶ But if you let me know the dream and the interpretation, you shall receive of me gifts and immunities and great honour. At all events, tell me the dream and the meaning of it. ⁷ They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream and we will explain the meaning. ⁸ In reply to which the king said, I know of a truth that you want to gain time, as you see the matter is gone from me. ⁹ If therefore you do not tell me the dream, I take it for granted that you have agreed upon something false and fictitious to be said before me, until the time elapse. Tell me my dream, then I will know that you can tell me the meaning of it. ¹⁰ The Chaldees answered in the presence of the king and said, There is not a man on the earth who can make known what the king requireth; nor doth any king or ruler, however great, ask such a thing, of any soothsayer, magian or Chaldee. ¹¹ For the thing which the king requireth is so difficult, that there is none who can lay it before the king, but the gods only, whose dwelling is not with flesh. ¹² Upon this the king in furious wrath gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. ¹³ So the decree went forth. And when the wise men began to be slain Now search had been made for Daniel and his friends to slay them ¹⁴ and Daniel had then addressed Arioch, the king's marshal, who was going out to slay the wise men of Babylon, ¹⁵ touching the counsel and decree, "Why, chief of the king, hath this horrid sentence gone forth from the king's presence?" And when Arioch informed Daniel of the matter, ¹⁶ Daniel had intreated the king to grant him time and he would tell the king the meaning of it; ¹⁷ and Daniel had gone to his house and acquainted his friends Ananias, Misael and Azarias with the affair; ¹⁸ and they had sought mercy of the God of heaven touching this secret, that Daniel and his friends might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon: ¹⁹ and the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night; whereupon he blessed the God of heaven, and said, ²⁰ "Blessed be the name of God from everlasting to everlasting; for wisdom and knowledge are his; ²¹ and he changeth times and seasons. He setteth up kings and removeth them. He giveth wisdom to the wise and understanding to them who have knowledge. ²² He it is who revealeth deep and hidden things. He knoweth the things which are in darkness. And with him is the light. ²³ To thee, God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise; because thou hast given me wisdom and power and hast made known to me what we asked thee and hast revealed to me the vision of the king. ²⁴ Then Daniel went to Arioch whom the king had appointed to slay the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, Destroy not the wise men of Babylon; but introduce me to the king, and I will tell him the meaning. ²⁵ Thereupon Arioch with haste introduced Daniel to the presence of the king and said to him, I have found among the captives of Israel, a man who can tell the king the interpretation. ²⁶ And the king addressing Daniel, whose name was Baltasar, said, Canst thou tell me the dream which I saw, and the meaning of it? ²⁷ And Daniel answered in the presence of the king and said, The secret which the king demandeth, it is not in the power of wise men, magians, soothsayers, gazarenes, to tell the king. ²⁸ There is none but God in heaven who revealeth secrets. He indeed hath made known to the king Nabuchodonosar what must come to pass in latter days. With regard to thy dream, and the visions of thy head, on thy bed, this is it. ²⁹ Thy thoughts, king, on thy bed ascended to what might come to pass hereafter. And he who revealeth secrets made known to thee the things which must come to pass. ³⁰ And to me this secret was revealed, not indeed for any wisdom in me above all the living: but for the purpose of making the interpretation known to the king, that thou mayst know the thoughts of thy heart. ³¹ Thou, king! didst behold, and lo! an image! Great was that image and its aspect lofty as it stood before thee; and its appearance was awful. ³² It was an image, the head of which was of pure gold; the hands and the breast and the arms of it were of silver; the belly and the thighs of brass; ³³ the legs of iron; the feet partly of iron, and partly of potter's clay. ³⁴ With wonder thou didst view it, till from a mountain there was rent without hands a stone, which smote the image on the feet, which were of iron and potters clay, and at last broke them to pieces. ³⁵ Then were broken to pieces at once, the clay, the iron, the brass, the silver, the gold. And they became like the dust of a threshing floor in summer: and a great wind swept them away, and there was no place found for them. And the stone which smote the image became a great mountain and filled all the earth. ³⁶ This is the dream. The meaning of it we will now explain to the king. ³⁷ Thou king, art a king of kings, to whom the God of heaven hath given a kingdom, strong and mighty and glorious, ³⁸ in every place where the sons of men dwell. Into thy hand he hath delivered the beasts of the field, and the birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea, and appointed thee lord over all. Thou art the head of gold. ³⁹ And after thee there shall be raised up another kingdom inferior to thee; then a third kingdom which is the brass, which shall rule over the whole earth; ⁴⁰ then a fourth kingdom which shall be strong as iron. As iron breaketh to pieces and subdueth all things, so shall it break and subdue all. ⁴¹ And inasmuch as thou sawest the feet and toes, partly of clay and partly of iron, it shall be a disjointed kingdom, though there shall be in it some of its iron root. As thou sawest the iron mixed with the clay; ⁴² and the toes of the feet were part iron, and part clay, some part of that kingdom will be strong and some part of it will be broken. ⁴³ Inasmuch as thou sawest the iron mingled with the clay, there will be mixtures in it, of the seed of men, and they will not cement one with another, as iron cloth not cement with clay. ⁴⁴ And in the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and this kingdom of his shall not be left to another people. It shall break in pieces, and blow away all those kingdoms and shall itself stand forever. ⁴⁵ As thou sawest that without hands there was cut from a mountain a stone, which broke in pieces the clay, the iron, the brass, the silver, the gold; the God who is great, hath made known to the king what must come to pass hereafter. The dream indeed is true and the interpretation thereof is faithful. ⁴⁶ Then king Nabuchodonosar fell on his face, and made obeisance to Daniel and ordered holy gifts, and sweet odours to be offered to him. ⁴⁷ And the king answered and said to Daniel, Of a truth, your God is the God of Gods, and the Lord of kings, the revealer of secrets; since thou hast been enabled to reveal this secret. ⁴⁸ Then the king raised Daniel to high rank and gave him many great gifts, and set him over the whole region of Babylon, and a chief satrap over all the wise men of Babylon. ⁴⁹ And Daniel requested of the king, and he set Sedrach, Misach and Abdenago, over the works of the region of Babylon. And Daniel was in the court of the king.

¹ NABUCHODONOSAR the king, to all the peoples, tribes and languages who dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you. ² It hath seemed good in my sight to declare to you the signs and the wonders which the God who is Most High hath done with me. ³ How great and mighty is his kingdom. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom; and his dominion is to endless ages. ⁴ I Nabuchodonosar was at rest in my house and in the enjoyment of prosperity. ⁵ I had a dream which terrified me and I was troubled on my bed, and the visions of my head disquieted me. ⁶ Therefore I issued a decree to bring before me all the wise men of Babylon, that they might explain to me the meaning of this dream. ⁷ And when the soothsayers, the magians, the gazarenes, the Chaldees came in, I told my dream before them; but they did not explain to me the meaning of it until ⁸ Daniel came, whose name is Baltasar, after the name of my God, and who hath in him a holy spirit of a God. ⁹ To him I said, Baltasar chief of the soothsayers, who, I know, hast a holy spirit of a god in thee, so that no secret can escape thee, hear the vision of the dream which I have seen; and tell me the meaning of it. ¹⁰ I beheld with astonishment on my bed, and lo! a tree in the midst of the earth. Though its height was great, ¹¹ the tree increased in magnitude and strength and its top reached up to heaven; and its bulk to the extent of the whole earth. ¹² Its leaves were beautiful and its fruit abundant. And on it there was food for all: and the wild beasts of the field dwelt beneath it; and the birds of the air lodged among its branches; and from it all flesh was fed. ¹³ I beheld in a vision of the night on my bed; and lo an Eir, even a holy one, came down from heaven ¹⁴ and cried with a loud voice, and thus he said, "Cut down that tree and lop off its branches and shake off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts be driven from underneath it and the birds from its branches. ¹⁵ But leave the stump of its roots in the earth; and in a band of iron and brass and in the green grass abroad and in the clew of heaven let it abide: and let its portion be with the wild beasts in the grass of the earth. ¹⁶ His heart shall be changed from men and the heart of a wild beast shall be given him and seven seasons shall revolve over him. ¹⁷ The sentence is by the decree of an Eir; and the decree is a request of holy ones, that the living may know that there is a sovereign Lord of the kingdom of men and that he can give it to whom he will, and set over it that which is disesteemed by men." ¹⁸ This is the dream, which I Nabuchodonosar the king have seen. Thou therefore Baltasar, tell me the meaning; for all the wise men of my kingdom are unable to explain to me the meaning of it: but thou Daniel art able, because there is in thee the holy spirit of a god. ¹⁹ Upon this Daniel, whose name is Baltasar, was absorpt in astonishment for about an hour and his thoughts agitated him and Baltasar answered and said, Let this dream, my Lord, be for them who hate thee, and the interpretation thereof for thine enemies. ²⁰ The tree which thou sawest, which was increased in magnitude and strength, the top of which reached up to heaven and its bulk to the extent of the whole earth, ²¹ the leaves of which were beautiful and its fruit abundant, and on which there was food for all; beneath which the beasts of the field dwelt, and on the branches of which the birds of the air roosted: ²² Thou, king art it. For thou art become great and strong and thy greatness hath increased and reached up to heaven and thy dominion to the limits of the earth. ²³ And inasmuch as the king saw an Eir, even a holy one descending from heaven who said, Cut down that tree and destroy it, but leave the stump of its roots in the earth; and in a band of iron and brass and in the green grass abroad and in the dew of heaven let it abide; and let its portion be with the wild beasts of the field until seven seasons revolve over it; ²⁴ This, king, is the interpretation thereof and the decree of the Most High which is about to come upon my lord the king. ²⁵ Thou wilt be driven from among men; and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; and they will feed thee with grass like an ox; and thou shalt lodge in the dew of heaven; and seven seasons shall revolve over thee, till thou be made sensible that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men and can give it to whom he will. ²⁶ But inasmuch as they said, Let the stump of the roots of the tree remain, thy kingdom shall remain for thee when thou art made sensible of the heavenly authority. ²⁷ For this cause, king, let my counsel be acceptable to thee; and make atonement for thy sins by acts of kindness, and for thy transgressions by tender mercies for the distressed. Perhaps God may forgive thine offences. ²⁸ All these things came upon Nabuchodonosar the king. ²⁹ At the end of twelve months, as the king was walking in the temple of his kingdom at Babylon, ³⁰ he spake, saying, Is not this the great Babylon which I have built for the house of a kingdom, by the might of my power, for the display of my glory? ³¹ While the word was yet in the king's mouth, there came a voice from heaven, To thee Nabuchodonosar it is said, the regal power is gone from thee ³² and thou shalt be driven from among men and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; and they shall feed thee with grass like an ox; and seven seasons shall revolve over thee, that thou mayst know that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men and can give it to whom he will. ³³ In that very hour the word was fulfilled on Nabuchodonosar; and he was driven from among men and ate grass like an ox and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew strong like the shag of lions and his nails like the claws of birds. ³⁴ And at the end of the days I Nabuchodonosar lifted up mine eyes to heaven, and mine understanding was restored to me, and I blessed the Most High and praised and glorified him who liveth forever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion and his kingdom is to endless generations, ³⁵ and all the inhabitants of the earth are reckoned as nothing; and he doth according to his pleasure in the army of heaven and in the habitations of the earth; and there is none who can stay his hand, or say to him, What hast thou done. ³⁶ At this very hour my senses were restored to me and I reassumed the honour of my kingdom; and my form returned to me; and my princes and my grandees sought me; and I was reestablished in my kingdom and greater majesty was added to me. ³⁷ Now therefore I Nabuchodonosar praise and extol and glorify the king of heaven; for all his works are true and his ways are judgments and all them who walk in pride he can abase.

¹ In the first year of Baltasar king of the Chaldeans, Daniel had a dream and these were the visions of his head on his bed and he wrote down this dream of his.

²⁰ but while he was thinking of this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said to him, "Joseph, son of David, fear not to take home Mary thy wife; for her pregnancy is from the Holy Spirit"

¹² And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went to their own country by another way. ¹³ And when they were gone, behold an angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there till I order thee; for Herod will seek the child to destroy him.

¹⁹ Now when Herod was dead, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

⁵¹ Then he saith to him, Verily, verily I say to you, Hereafter you shall see the heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the son of man.

¹⁶ At my first defence no one attended; but all forsook me. May this not be charged to their account! ¹⁷ But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that the proclamation might be made completely by me, and that all the nations might hear it. And I was delivered out of the mouth of a lion.

¹ GOD, who in sundry parcels and in divers manners spake in time past to the fathers by the prophets,

¹⁴ Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth on service on the account of them who are to be heirs of salvation?