Jacob's Ladder

ladder to heaven seen by the biblical patriarch Jacob in a dream
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Jacob's Ladder
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Jacob's Ladder

Summary

Jacob's Ladder is a Bible story[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of bible_story entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,219 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Jacob's Ladder's instance of is recorded as Bible story[3].
  • Jacob's Ladder's instance of is recorded as artistic theme[4].
  • Jacob's Ladder's Commons category is recorded as Jacob's ladder[5].
  • Jacob's Ladder's characters is recorded as Jacob[6].
  • Jacob's Ladder's characters is recorded as angel[7].
  • Jacob's Ladder's narrative location is recorded as Bethel[8].
  • Jacob's Ladder's facet of is recorded as Heaven in Christianity[9].
  • Jacob's Ladder's depicted by is recorded as Ceiling of Eliodoro room[10].
  • Jacob's Ladder's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[11].
  • Jacob's Ladder's present in work is recorded as Genesis 28[12].
  • Jacob's Ladder's different from is recorded as Jacob's Ladder[13].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Bible story[3] and artistic theme[4].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Jacob's Ladder include Jacob's ladder[14], a toy[15] and Flanders' Ladder[16], a television series episode[17], directed by Matthew Nastuk[18].

Why It Matters

Jacob's Ladder ranks in the top 7% of bible_story entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,219 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Entities named for it include Jacob's ladder[14], a toy[15] and Flanders' Ladder[16], a television series episode[17], directed by Matthew Nastuk[18].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Genesis 28. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [14] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33786|batch #33786]]: Remove redundant described by source (P1343) - ID P14483 is present."
  2. 25d ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 l/la-escalera-de-jacob
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14483]]: l/la-escalera-de-jacob, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779859433286"
  3. 26d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Characters Jacob, angel
    Local thumb
    Depicted by Ceiling of Eliodoro room
    Instance of Bible story, artistic theme
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007539952605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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