Genesis 15:12
Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep came on Abram, and a dark cloud of fear.
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- Gen 2:21 : 21 And the Lord God sent a deep sleep on the man, and took one of the bones from his side while he was sleeping, joining up the flesh again in its place:
- Job 33:15 : 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep comes on men, while they take their rest on their beds;
- Dan 10:8-9 : 8 So I was by myself, and I saw this great vision, and all my strength went from me; and the colour went from my face. 9 But the sound of his words came to my ears, and on hearing his voice I went into a deep sleep with my face to the earth.
- Acts 9:8-9 : 8 And Saul got up from the earth, and when his eyes were open, he saw nothing; and he was guided by the hand into Damascus. 9 And for three days he was not able to see, and he took no food or drink.
- Acts 20:9 : 9 And a certain young man named Eutychus, who was seated in the window, went into a deep sleep; and while Paul went on talking, being overcome by sleep, he had a fall from the third floor, and was taken up dead.
- Ps 4:3-5 : 3 See how the Lord has made great his mercy for me; the Lord will give ear to my cry. 4 Let there be fear in your hearts, and do no sin; have bitter feelings on your bed, but make no sound. (Selah.) 5 Give the offerings of righteousness, and put your faith in the Lord.
- 1 Sam 26:12 : 12 So David took the spear and the vessel of water from Saul's head; and they got away without any man seeing them, or being conscious of their coming, or awaking; for they were all sleeping because a deep sleep from the Lord had come on them.
- Job 4:13-14 : 13 In troubled thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep comes on men, 14 Fear came on me and shaking, and my bones were full of trouble;
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17 Then when the sun went down and it was dark, he saw a smoking fire and a flaming light which went between the parts of the bodies.
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11 And evil birds came down on the bodies, but Abram sent them away.
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9 And he went on, journeying still to the South.
10 And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.
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1 After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Have no fear, Abram: I will keep you safe, and great will be your reward.
2 And Abram said, What will you give me? for I have no child and this Eliezer of Damascus will have all my wealth after me.
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3 And Abram went down on his face on the earth, and the Lord God went on talking with him, and said,
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13 And he said to Abram, Truly, your seed will be living in a land which is not theirs, as servants to a people who will be cruel to them for four hundred years;
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13 In troubled thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep comes on men,
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14 And so it was that when Abram came into Egypt, the men of Egypt, looking on the woman, saw that she was fair.
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6 And Abram went through the land till he came to Shechem, to the holy tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were still living in the land.
7 And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him.
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5 Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it.
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22 And he will be looking down on the earth, and there will be trouble and dark clouds, black night where there is no seeing.
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14 So they went on their way; and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the land of Benjamin.
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17 For the middle of the night is as morning to them, they are not troubled by the fear of the dark.
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21 And the Lord said to Moses, Let your hand be stretched out to heaven, and all the land of Egypt will be dark, so that men will be feeling their way about in the dark.
22 And when Moses' hand was stretched out, dark night came over all the land of Egypt for three days;
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22 A land of thick dark, without order, where the very light is dark.
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1 Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your guide:
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17 And the Lord sent great troubles on Pharaoh's house because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
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1 Now the Lord came to him by the holy tree of Mamre, when he was seated in the doorway of his tent in the middle of the day;
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33 And when the sixth hour had come, it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.
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13 And one who had got away from the fight came and gave word of it to Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the holy tree of Mamre, the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and Aner, who were friends of Abram.
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11 And Abraham said, Because it seemed to me that there was no fear of God in this place, and that they might put me to death because of my wife.
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15 And separating his forces by night, he overcame them, putting them to flight and going after them as far as Hobah, which is on the north side of Damascus.
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11 And coming to a certain place, he made it his resting-place for the night, for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones which were there, and putting it under his head he went to sleep in that place.
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5 And he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see if the stars may be numbered; even so will your seed be.