וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ תַּבְנִ֣ית יָ֔ד וַיִּקָּחֵ֖נִי בְּצִיצִ֣ת רֹאשִׁ֑י וַתִּשָּׂ֣א אֹתִ֣י ר֣וּחַ ׀ בֵּֽין־הָאָ֣רֶץ וּבֵ֣ין הַשָּׁמַ֡יִם וַתָּבֵא֩ אֹתִ֨י יְרוּשָׁלְַ֜מָה בְּמַרְא֣וֹת אֱלֹהִ֗ים אֶל־פֶּ֜תַח שַׁ֤עַר הַפְּנִימִית֙ הַפּוֹנֶ֣ה צָפ֔וֹנָה אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֣ם מוֹשַׁ֔ב סֵ֖מֶל הַקִּנְאָ֥ה הַמַּקְנֶֽה׃
Lalu Ia mengulurkan sesuatu yang berbentuk tangan dan memegang aku pada seberkas rambut kepalaku. Kemudian suatu roh mengangkat aku di antara bumi dan langit, dan membawa aku ke Yerusalem dalam penglihatan-penglihatan dari Allah, ke pintu gerbang pelataran dalam yang menghadap ke utara, tempat kedudukan patung kecemburuan yang membangkitkan kecemburuan.
Akeidat Yitzchak
Despite many opinions to the contrary, the events related in our verse did indeed take place. Abraham did not see all these events only in his mind's eye. True, there are occasions in the Bible when visions described very graphically-- such as Ezekiel's trip to Jerusalem (Ezekiel Chapter 8)-- were in fact merely visions. Those instances do not prove that all supernatural encounters of outstanding men were merely visions of the mind and spirit. The wealth of detail reported about these encounters, such as reports of sitting, standing, running, etc. bear out the claim that these events took place physically. There are numerous reasons for the visions and encounters Abraham was granted which are listed at the beginning of our Parshah:
Akeidat Yitzchak
3) The incidence with the angels is to illustrate Abraham's behavior with any stranger, his loving kindness, personal involvement, ensuring that his wife in the kitchen responded equally generously. Had this whole vision only been a dream, none of these qualities of Abraham could have been proven. The reason the Torah lists only one such example of Abraham's conduct is, that once it has been recorded, it will impress itself on the reader like the engraving of stone by the king's sword will leave a permanent impression.
Dirshuni I
Jacob went out twice: Once from his mother's womb, as it is stated: Then his brother came out, holding on to the heel of Esau (Genesis 25:26). And once from the womb of his city, as it is stated: And Jacob went out from Beersheba (Genesis 28:10).
When he came out of his mother's womb, he came back and entered her tents, as it is stated: and Jacob was a plain man, staying among the tents. (Genesis 25:27).
Plain as a baby, folded up like a ledger.
Until she grabbed him firmly by the hairs and shook him: get up and flee (Genesis 27:43)!
He heard the echo of a voice saying, "Flee, my beloved. and you shall be like a gazelle" (alluding to Song of Songs 8:14). And across from it an echo of a voice answers, "Come, my beloved, let us go out to the field, let us lodge in the villages... let us see if the vine has blossomed, if the tender grapes have appeared, if the pomegranates are in bloom; there I will give my love to you" (alluding to Song of Songs 7:12-13).
He understood in his bone and his flesh that the time had come for him to go out into the world: And Jacob went out.. and he went to Charan... and he lodged there...
When he came out of his mother's womb, he came back and entered her tents, as it is stated: and Jacob was a plain man, staying among the tents. (Genesis 25:27).
Plain as a baby, folded up like a ledger.
Until she grabbed him firmly by the hairs and shook him: get up and flee (Genesis 27:43)!
He heard the echo of a voice saying, "Flee, my beloved. and you shall be like a gazelle" (alluding to Song of Songs 8:14). And across from it an echo of a voice answers, "Come, my beloved, let us go out to the field, let us lodge in the villages... let us see if the vine has blossomed, if the tender grapes have appeared, if the pomegranates are in bloom; there I will give my love to you" (alluding to Song of Songs 7:12-13).
He understood in his bone and his flesh that the time had come for him to go out into the world: And Jacob went out.. and he went to Charan... and he lodged there...