Genesis 15:12

And when the sun was about going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and lo, a horror, dark and great, fell upon him.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

In Context

11And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses; but Abram drove them away.

13And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land which is not theirs, and they will make them serve, and they will afflict them four hundred years.

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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 flesh instead thereof.

Job 4:13In intense thoughts out of visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men:

Psalms 4:3(4:4) But know that the Lord hath set apart the pious for himself: the Lord will hear when I call on 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 →

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