It was during a nightmare when people are in deep sleep.
As the sun was going down, Abram fell into a deep sleep. While he was asleep, a very terrible darkness came.
So the Lord God caused the man to sleep very deeply, and while he was asleep, God removed one of the man’s ribs. Then God closed up the man’s skin at the place where he took the rib.
But one night God spoke to Abimelech in a dream and said, “You will die. The woman you took is married.”
Jacob dreamed that there was a ladder resting on the earth and reaching up into heaven, and he saw angels of God going up and coming down the ladder.
That night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and said, “Be careful! Do not say anything to Jacob, good or bad.”
During the night God spoke to Israel in a vision and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And Jacob answered, “Here I am.”
I was trembling with fear; all my bones were shaking.
Then I heard the man in the vision speaking. As I listened, I fell into a deep sleep with my face on the ground.
During the night God explained the secret to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven.
but I had a dream that made me afraid. As I was lying on my bed, I saw pictures and visions in my mind that alarmed me.
While Gabriel was speaking, I fell into a deep sleep with my face on the ground. Then he touched me and lifted me to my feet.
He said, “Listen to my words: When prophets are among you, I, the Lord, will show myself to them in visions; I will speak to them in dreams.
