Genesis 15:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram; and lo, a dread and great darkness fell upon him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² When the sun was setting, a deep sleep overcame Abram, and a horror (a terror, a shuddering fear) of great darkness assailed and oppressed him.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.

Common English Bible

¹² After the sun set, Abram slept deeply. A terrifying and deep darkness settled over him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a dread, great and dark, invaded him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram: and a great and darksome horror seized upon him.

Genesis 15:12 Cross References

Genesis 15:11

And when birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

Genesis 2:21

So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh;

Genesis 28:11

And he came to a certain place, and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep.

Job 33:15

In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while they slumber on their beds,

Acts 20:9

And a young man named Eutychus was sitting in the window. He sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer; and being overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead.

1 Samuel 26:12

So David took the spear and the jar of water from Saul's head; and they went away. No man saw it, or knew it, nor did any awake; for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from the Lord had fallen upon them.