And he saw in his sleep a ladder standing upon the earth, and the top thereof touching heaven: the angels also of God ascending and descending by it;
Sforno
AND HERE, DIVINE ANGELS AND HERE, DIVINE ANGENS WERE GOING UP AND DOWN ON IT. For indeed, this is how it will be in the end, that the guardian spirits of the nations, after their rise, will fall, and God, may He be blessed, Who stands (v. 13) forever, will not forsake His people, as it says (Jer. 46:28), "I will make an end of all the nations ... But I will not make an end of you." WERE GOING UP AND DOWN ON IT. For indeed, this is how it will be in the end, that the guardian spirits of the nations, after their rise, will fall, and God, may He be blessed, Who stands (v. 13) forever, will not forsake His people, as it says (Jer. 46:28), "I will make an end of all the nations ... But I will not make an end of you."
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
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