He Looks After Us Even While We Are Sleeping Did you know that Abba Father still sends His ministering angels down to us each night while we are sleeping and that He places His shield over us to protect us also while we are sleeping? He really cares for our every need, not just our every need for our day but also for our night time, for our rest. There are a few Scriptures in the Bible that tell us this. Genesis 28:10-15 Jacob’s Dream at Bethel 10  Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Harran.  11  When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.  12  He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.  13  There above it [ a ]  stood the  Lord , and he sai...