Genesis 15:12 - The Scriptures 2009

¹² And it came to be, when the sun was going down, and a deep sleep fell upon Aḇram, that see, a frightening 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 on the carcasses, and Aḇram drove them away.

Genesis 2:21

So יהוה Elohim caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept. And He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.

Genesis 28:11

And he came upon a place and stopped over for the night, for the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he 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 slumbering on a bed,

Acts 20:9

And a certain young man, by name Eutuchos, was sitting in a window, being overpowered by a deep sleep. As Sha’ul kept on reasoning, he was overcome by sleep and fell down from the third story, and was picked up dead.

1 Samuel 26:12

So Dawiḏ took the spear and the jug of water by Sha’ul’s head, and they went away. And no man saw it or knew it or awoke, for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from יהוה had fallen on them.