The person “Jacob” appears in Hebrew (Torah), Christian (Bible), and Muslim (Quran/Koran) historical texts. In all three historical texts, Jacob is considered a “holy man.” In the Judeo-Christian texts Jacob is renamed Israel and is tied to the “Holy Land.” The historical Jacob left his homeland on a journey (Genesis 28: 11-19). The texts write that Jacob had a DREAM about a ladder. Jacob’s dream about the ladder was that it went to “heaven” and that he saw angels ascending and descending on the ladder to heaven. Jacob “heard” God telling him that the land he was standing on was his… “The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your descendants; and your descendants shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and by you and your descendants shall all the families of the earth bless themselves. Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done that of which I have spoken to you." Hebrew scholars treat Jacob’s “dream” as an allegory. The ladder tends to represent the rise and fall of the human journey. The Muslim interpretation also leans toward the ladder as a journey of life… as written by Muhammad. Christian interpretation is more toward the ladder is a means to enter “heaven.” Jacob’s ladder is referenced again in the Gospel of John1: 51… "And he said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man." In all three - Hebrew, Muslim, and Christian interpretations, Jacob’s ladder can be considered as a bridge between two worlds… a connection between God and Man. In the Christian Bible or the Jewish Tanakah or the Muslim Quran/Koran JACOB was the younger twin of Esau. Benjamin was Jacob's youngest son. Jacob died in Egypt in slavery.... but Jacob's descendants went on and AARON in the Bible/Tanakah is a direct descendant from Jacob.