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Nearer, My God, to Thee
"Nearer, my God, to Thee" is a 19th century Christian hymn based loosely on Genesis 28:11-19,the story of Jacob's dream. Genesis 28:11-12 can be translated as follows: "So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set.
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