Genesis 15:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹² And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of 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 the birds of prey came down upon the carcases, and Abram drove them away.

Genesis 2:21

And 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:

Genesis 28:11

And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took one of the stones of the place, and 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 falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed;

Acts 20:9

And there sat in the window a certain young man named Eutychus, borne down with deep sleep; and as Paul discoursed yet longer, being borne down by his sleep he fell down from the third story, and was taken up dead.

1 Samuel 26:12

So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's head; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither did any awake: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.