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Genesis 15:12

As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.

Majority Standard Bible

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 descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

13Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:21So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.

Job 4:13In disquieting visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,

Psalms 4:3Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for Himself; the LORD hears when I call to Him.

Acts 9:8Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see a thing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.

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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