<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> <P> The description of Jacob's ladder appears in Genesis 28: 10 - 19: </P>

What is jacob's ladder in the bible