Genesis 2:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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:

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  • Gen 15:12 : 12 Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep came on Abram, and a dark cloud of fear.
  • 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 : 13 In troubled thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep comes on men,
  • 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 8:18 : 18 Now while he was talking to me, I went into a deep sleep with my face to the earth: but touching me, he put me on my feet where I had been.
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.

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    24For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.

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