<P> Jacob 's Ladder ( Hebrew : סולם יעקב ‬ Sulam Yaakov ) is the connection between the earth and heaven that the biblical Patriarch Jacob dreams about during his flight from his brother Esau , as described in the Book of Genesis . The significance of the dream has been debated , but most interpretations agree that it identified Jacob with the obligations and inheritance of the ethnic people chosen by God , as understood in Abrahamic religions . </P>
what is jacob 's ladder in the bible
the connection between the earth and heaven that the biblical Patriarch Jacob dreams about during his flight from his brother Esau , as described in the Book of Genesis