Genesis 15:12

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As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him.

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  • Gen 2:21 : 21 So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and while he slept, He took one of his ribs and closed up the place with flesh.
  • Job 33:15 : 15 In a dream, a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while they slumber on their beds,
  • Dan 10:8-9 : 8 So I was left alone, staring at this great vision. I had no strength left. My face turned deathly pale, and I could not retain my strength. 9 Then I heard the sound of his words, and as I heard them, I fell into a deep sleep, my face to the ground.
  • Acts 9:8-9 : 8 Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes, he could see nothing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus. 9 For three days he was without sight, and he neither ate nor drank.
  • Acts 20:9 : 9 A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in a window, fell into a deep sleep as Paul kept talking on and on. Overcome by sleep, he fell from the third floor and was picked up dead.
  • Ps 4:3-5 : 3 How long, O people, will my honor be turned into shame? How long will you love vanity and seek lies? Selah. 4 Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for Himself; the LORD hears when I call to Him. 5 Tremble, and do not sin; ponder this in your hearts on your beds and be silent. Selah.
  • 1 Sam 26:12 : 12 So David took the spear and the jar of water from near Saul's head, and they departed. No one saw or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them.
  • Job 4:13-14 : 13 In disquieting dreams from visions of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, 14 fear and trembling came upon me, and made all my bones shake.

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    17When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking oven and a burning torch appeared and passed between the divided pieces.

    18On that day, the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River—

  • Gen 15:11
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    11Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

  • Gen 12:9-11
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    9Then Abram set out and continued traveling toward the Negev.

    10Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

    11As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman.

  • Job 33:15
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    15In a dream, a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while they slumber on their beds,

  • Gen 15:1-2
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    1After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, and your reward will be very great."

    2Abram said, "Lord GOD, what will You give me, since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"

  • Gen 17:3
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    3Abram fell facedown, and God spoke with him, saying,

  • Gen 15:13
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    13The LORD said to him, "Know for certain that your descendants will be foreigners in a land not their own, where they will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years."

  • Job 4:13
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    13In disquieting dreams from visions of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men,

  • Gen 12:14
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    14When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman.

  • Joel 3:15
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    15The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will withdraw their brightness.

  • Gen 12:6-7
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    6Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the great tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were in the land.

    7The Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So Abram built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

  • Job 3:5
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    5Let darkness and deep shadow claim it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let blackness of the day terrify it.

  • Isa 8:22
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    22Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.

  • Judg 19:14
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    14So they passed on and continued their journey. The sun set as they came near Gibeah, which belongs to the tribe of Benjamin.

  • Job 24:17
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    17For to them, the morning is like deep darkness; they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.

  • Exod 10:21-22
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    21Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that darkness may spread over Egypt—a darkness that can be felt."

    22So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and thick darkness covered all Egypt for three days.

  • Job 10:22
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    22A land of gloom like deep darkness, a land of shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.

  • Gen 12:1
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    1The Lord said to Abram, "Go forth from your land, your birthplace, and your father's household to the land that I will show you."

  • Gen 12:17
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    17But the Lord afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

  • Gen 18:1
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    1The LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre as he was sitting at the entrance of the tent during the heat of the day.

  • Mark 15:33
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    33When it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

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    13Then a fugitive came and told Abram the Hebrew, who was living near the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner; these were allies of Abram.

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    11Abraham replied, 'I thought, Surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.'

  • Gen 14:15
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    15He divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and attacked them. He pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

  • Gen 28:11
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    11He came to a certain place, stayed there for the night because the sun had set. He took one of the stones from the place, put it under his head, and lay down in that place.

  • Gen 15:5
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    5He took him outside and said, "Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them." Then He added, "So will your descendants be."