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  你注意到警察局里消防车上的云梯(ladder)了吗?那种梯子升起来很高,可高出一百英尺。美国underworldslang把ladder叫做Jacob,你知道是谁吗?

  JacobwasthesonofIsaadthefatherofthe12sonswhofouheTwelveTribesofIsrael,acctotheOldTestament.HeboughthisolderbrotherEsausbirthrightwithabowlofsavorystew(“messofpottage”).Later,JaforcedhisclaimbypretendingtohisblindaherthathehimselfwasEsau.Thus,heobtainedfromIsaacthewordsofblessingIsaachadmeantforEsau.EsauwassoangrythatJacobfledforhislife.

  OohisuncleLaban,JacobsleptataplacecalledBethel,wherehedreamedofawonderfulladderbetweenheaveh.Inthedream,Godpromisedtoprotedblesshimwhilehewasawayfromhome.Muced,JacobwentontoLabanshome.TherehefellohLabansdaughter,Rachel.ButLabanforcedJaarryhidhter.Leah,beforehecouldhaveRachelforhiswife.Afterw20yearsforLaban,Jacobleftforhome.

  Ontheway,JacobprayedallnightuntilGodreassuredhimthatEsauwouldsparehislife.Esaumethimwithfiveness,andtheypartedgoodfriends.Jacobspenthislastyearsi,wherehissonJosephbroughthimtolive.

  EsauwasthesonofIsaadRebecdtwinbrotherofJatheBible.HeisamaincharacterinmanystoriesfoundinGenesis25-33.ThebestknownareJacobscheatinghimoutofhisbirthrightfora“messofpottage”(Gen.25:27-34),andthelossofhisblessingthroughtheplottingofhismotherandbren.27).EsauwasreciledtoJacobafterthelattersreturntoPalestine20yearslater.

  BiblicalhistardsEsauasthefouheEdomitenation.

  Jacob就是现在以色列(Israel)人的老老老老老老老老老老……老祖宗。

  Messofpottage就是“因小失大”、“得不偿失”、“划不来”的意思。

  AJacobsladderisaladdermadeofropeorcable,usuallywithwos.Itisdroppedoverthesideofashiptoenablepeopletoasdfromordesdtosmallboatsalongside.HarborpilotsusuallyeaboardviaaJacobsladder.

  TheJacobsladdergetsitsnamefromaniintheBookofGenesis(28:12).ThepatriarchJacobfallsasleepandtheavision:“Andhedreamed,andbeholdaladdersetupoh,aopofitreachedtoheaven;andbeholdtheangelsofGodasdinganddesdingonit.”

  Jacobsladderhasbeenusediwootherquiteearthlymeanings.Asmallplantwithaflower-and-leafformationresemblingaladderbearsthisname.InEngland,alsowhatweAmeriscall“runs”inhosierywereformerlycalledJacobsladders.Nowadaystheyaresimplyladders.

  Jacobsladder可以登天,所以美国黑社会的thievesLatin(盗贼的隐语,切口)就把梯子叫Jacob。

  植物里头花葱属(polemoniums)中的一种就叫Jacobsladder,因为它们有ladderlikeleaves。

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