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Rashi, on Gen 28:12
Rashi · 1040–1105
Gen 28:12 · Douay-Rheims
“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;”
On this verse:
“עלים וירדים ASCENDING AND DESCENDING — It states first ascending and afterwards descending! Those angels who accompanied him in the land of Israel were not permitted to leave the Land: they ascended to Heaven and angels which were to minister outside the Land descended to accompany him (Genesis Rabbah 68:12).”
PD · Rashi on the Pentateuch
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