"Amid disquietingthoughtsfrom the visionsof the night,When deepsleepfallson men,
Now when the sunwas goingdown, a deepsleepfellupon Abram;and behold,terror[and] greatdarknessfellupon him.
So the LORDGodcaused a deepsleepto fallupon the man,and he slept;then He tookoneof his ribsand closedup the fleshat that place.
But Godcameto Abimelechin a dreamof the night,and saidto him, "Behold,you are a deadman becauseof the womanwhomyou have taken,for she is married."
He hada dream,and behold,a ladderwas seton the earthwith its topreachingto heaven;and behold,the angelsof Godwere ascendingand descendingon it.
Godcameto Labanthe Arameanin a dreamof the nightand saidto him, "Be carefulthat you do not speakto Jacobeithergoodorbad."
Godspoketo Israelin visionsof the nightand said,"Jacob,Jacob."And he said,"HereI am."
Dreadcameupon me, and trembling,And made allmy bonesshake.
But I heardthe soundof his words;and as soon as I heardthe soundof his words,I fellinto a deepsleepon my face,with my faceto the ground.
Thenthe mysterywas revealedto Danielin a nightvision.ThenDanielblessedthe Godof heaven;
"I sawa dreamand it mademe fearful;and [these] fantasies[as I lay] on my bedand the visionsin my mindkeptalarmingme.
Now while he was talkingwith me, I sankinto a deepsleepwith my faceto the ground;but he touchedme and made me standupright.
He said,"HearnowMy words:Ifthere is a prophetamong you, I, the LORD,shall makeMyself knownto him in a vision.I shall speakwith him in a dream.
