Bereshit: Vayetze: Shouldn’t the angels have first gone down before going up?

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Ch.28, vs.12

Shouldn’t the angels have first gone down before going up?

וַֽיַּחֲלֹ֗ם וְהִנֵּ֤ה סֻלָּם֙ מֻצָּ֣ב אַ֔רְצָה וְרֹאשׁ֖וֹ מַגִּ֣יעַ הַשָּׁמָ֑יְמָה וְהִנֵּה֙ מַלְאֲכֵ֣י אֱלֹהִ֔ים עֹלִ֥ים וְיֹרְדִ֖ים בּֽוֹ׃

He had a dream; a ladder was set on the ground and its top reached to the sky, and angels of God were going up and down on it.

The two angels that were sent to destroy Sedom were banned from Heaven as a punishment for revealing God’s secrets without permission.

They accompanied Yakov to Beit El and then were finally allowed back to ascend to Heaven.

Once there, they called out to the other angels: “Come and see the righteous Yaakov whose image is engraved on the throne of glory!” and all the angels descended to look at him.

(Targum Yonathan)

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