Genesis 15:12
And it came to pass, that, when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a dread, even a great darkness, fell upon him.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
11And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
Cross References
Genesis 2:21And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the place with flesh instead thereof.
Job 4:13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
Psalms 4:3(4-4) But know that the LORD hath set apart the godly man as His own; the LORD will hear when I call unto Him.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 15:8-12
7 And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. 8 And he said, Lord God , whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? 9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. 10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not. 11 And when the fowls… Read the whole commentary →