Jacob's Ladder Quiz
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- Where was Jacob traveling toward when he stopped for the night?
- Haran
- Egypt
- Canaan
- Bethlehem
- What did Jacob use for a pillow?
- A stone
- A folded cloak
- A sack of grain
- A wooden block
- What did Jacob see in his dream?
- A ladder reaching to heaven
- A burning bush
- A river of fire
- A walled city
- Who were going up and down the ladder?
- The angels of God
- Priests
- Jacob's brothers
- Shepherds
- Who stood above the ladder and spoke to Jacob?
- The LORD
- The angel Gabriel
- Abraham
- Isaac
- What did God say Jacob's descendants would be like?
- As the dust of the earth
- As the sands of one river
- As the leaves of the forest
- As the fish of the sea
- What personal promise did God give Jacob about his journey?
- To keep him wherever he went and bring him back
- To make him a king at once
- To give him great wealth immediately
- To send an army with him
- What did Jacob say when he woke from the dream?
- Surely the LORD is in this place
- Let us build an altar
- I have seen an angel
- This land is cursed
- What did Jacob do with the stone in the morning?
- Set it up as a pillar and poured oil on it
- Threw it into a well
- Carried it to Haran
- Built a wall with it
- What name did Jacob give to the place?
- Bethel
- Peniel
- Beersheba
- Hebron
Jacob's Ladder Quiz Answers & Bible References
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Where was Jacob traveling toward when he stopped for the night?
Haran
And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
Genesis 28:10 (KJV) -
What did Jacob use for a pillow?
A stone
And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Genesis 28:11 (KJV) -
What did Jacob see in his dream?
A ladder reaching to heaven
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
Genesis 28:12 (KJV) -
Who were going up and down the ladder?
The angels of God
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
Genesis 28:12 (KJV) -
Who stood above the ladder and spoke to Jacob?
The LORD
And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
Genesis 28:13 (KJV) -
What did God say Jacob's descendants would be like?
As the dust of the earth
And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 28:14 (KJV) -
What personal promise did God give Jacob about his journey?
To keep him wherever he went and bring him back
And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
Genesis 28:15 (KJV) -
What did Jacob say when he woke from the dream?
Surely the LORD is in this place
And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
Genesis 28:16 (KJV) -
What did Jacob do with the stone in the morning?
Set it up as a pillar and poured oil on it
And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Genesis 28:18 (KJV) -
What name did Jacob give to the place?
Bethel
And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
Genesis 28:19 (KJV)