2. He was the younger of a set of twins, and would go on to become the father of a nation. Who dreamt of angels on a stairway to heaven?
From Quiz Jesus, Jerusalem and Judges
Answer:
Jacob
Genesis 25:26 - "After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau's heel; so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them."
Born with the name Jacob, God changed his name was changed to Israel and his twelve sons became the foundation of the nation and Tribes of Israel. As a young man, his father Isaac sent him to find a wife from the family of his mother's brother Laban, rather than take a wife from amongst the Canaanites. While en route, Jacob had a dream of angels and of God, who told him of the future of his family:
Genesis 28:10-15 - "Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Harran. When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. There above it stood the Lord, and he said: 'I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying. Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. 15 I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.'"