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Tasmania's Special Places: His name was not Jacob

His name was not Jacob, but he felt at home on a ladder.

A Jacob's Ladder can be found in several forms across the world. From a pedestrian staircase in Brisbane and a bridge in New Zealand to a scenic path in Scotland and a section of Route 20 in the US.

It is also the name of a 1990 horror film, a three-part pocketknife, and a spiritual song of African American slaves.

The origin of Jacob's Ladder comes from a passage in the King James Version of the Holy Bible from The Book of Genesis: Chapter 28 Verse 12 which states: "And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it."

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