Genesis 15:12

Geneva Bible (1560)

And when the sunne went downe, there fell an heauie sleepe vpon Abram: and loe, a very fearefull darkenes fell vpon him.

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  • Gen 2:21 : 21 Therefore the Lord God caused an heauie sleepe to fall vpon the man, and he slept: and he tooke one of his ribbes, & closed vp the flesh in steade thereof.
  • Job 33:15 : 15 In dreames and visions of the night, when sleepe falleth vpon men, and they sleepe vpon their beds,
  • Dan 10:8-9 : 8 Therefore I was left alone, and sawe this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my strength was turned in me into corruption, and I reteined no power. 9 Yet heard I the voyce of his wordes: and when I heard the voyce of his wordes, I slept on my face: and my face was toward the ground.
  • Acts 9:8-9 : 8 And Saul arose from the ground, and opened his eyes, but sawe no man. Then led they him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus, 9 Where he was three dayes without sight, and neither ate nor dranke.
  • Acts 20:9 : 9 And there sate in a windowe a certaine yong man, named Eutychus, fallen into a dead sleepe: and as Paul was long preaching, hee ouercome with sleepe, fell downe from the thirde loft, and was taken vp dead.
  • Ps 4:3-5 : 3 For be ye sure that the Lorde hath chosen to himselfe a godly man: the Lorde will heare when I call vnto him. 4 Tremble, and sinne not: examine your owne heart vpon your bed, and be still. Selah. 5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousnes, and trust in the Lorde.
  • 1 Sam 26:12 : 12 So Dauid tooke the speare and the pot of water from Sauls head, and they gate them away, and no man saw it, nor marked it, neither did any awake, but they were all asleepe: for the Lorde had sent a dead sleepe vpon them.
  • Job 4:13-14 : 13 In the thoughtes of ye visions of the night, when sleepe falleth on men, 14 Feare came vpon me, & dread which made all my bones to tremble.

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    17Also when the sunne went downe, there was a darkenes: & behold, a smoking fornace, and a firebrand, which went betweene those pieces.

    18In that same day the Lord made a couenant with Abram, saying, Vnto thy seede haue I giuen this lande, from the riuer of Egypt vnto the great riuer, the riuer Euphrates.

  • Gen 15:11
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    11Then foules fell on the carkases, and Abram droue them away.

  • Gen 12:9-11
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    9Againe Abram went forth going & iourneying toward the South.

    10Then there came a famine in the land: therefore Abram went downe into Egypt to soiourne there: for there was a great famine in the lande.

    11And when he drewe neere to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, Beholde nowe, I know that thou art a faire woman to looke vpo:

  • Job 33:15
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    15In dreames and visions of the night, when sleepe falleth vpon men, and they sleepe vpon their beds,

  • Gen 15:1-2
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    1After these things, the worde of the Lorde came vnto Abram in a vision, saying, Feare not, Abram, I am thy buckler, and thine exceeding great reward.

    2And Abram said, O Lord God, what wilt thou giue me, seeing I goe childlesse, and the steward of mine house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

  • Gen 17:3
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    3Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying,

  • Gen 15:13
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    13Then he saide to Abram, Knowe for a suretie, that thy seede shalbe a stranger in a land, that is not theirs, foure hundreth yeeres, and shall serue them: & they shall intreate them euill.

  • Job 4:13
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    13In the thoughtes of ye visions of the night, when sleepe falleth on men,

  • Gen 12:14
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    14Nowe when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians behelde the woman: for she was very faire.

  • Joel 3:15
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    15The sunne & moone shalbe darkened, and the starres shall withdrawe their light.

  • Gen 12:6-7
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    6So Abram passed through the land vnto the place of Shechem, and vnto the plaine of Moreh (and the Canaanite was then in ye land)

    7And the Lord appeared vnto Abram, and said, Vnto thy seede will I giue this land; there builded he an altar vnto the Lord, which appeared vnto him.

  • Job 3:5
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    5But let darkenesse, and the shadowe of death staine it: let the cloude remayne vpon it, and let them make it fearefull as a bitter day.

  • Isa 8:22
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    22And when he shall looke to the earth, beholde trouble, and darkenes, vexation and anguish, and he is driuen to darkenes.

  • Judg 19:14
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    14So they went forward vpon their way, and the sunne went downe vpon them neere to Gibeah, which is in Beniamin.

  • Job 24:17
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    17But the morning is euen to them as the shadow of death: if one knowe them, they are in the terrours of the shadowe of death.

  • Exod 10:21-22
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    21Againe ye Lord said vnto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heauen, that there may be vpon the lande of Egypt darkenesse, euen darkenesse that may be felt.

    22Then Moses stretched forth his hande towarde heauen, and there was a blacke darkenesse in all the land of Egypt three daies.

  • Job 10:22
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    22Into a land, I say, darke as darknes it selfe, and into the shadow of death, where is none order, but the light is there as darkenesse.

  • Gen 12:1
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    1For the Lorde had said vnto Abram, Get thee out of thy countrey, and from thy kindred, and from thy fathers house vnto the land that I will shewe thee.

  • Gen 12:17
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    17But the Lorde plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues, because of Sarai Abrams wife.

  • Gen 18:1
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    1Againe the Lord appeared vnto him in the plaine of Mamre, as he sate in his tent doore about the heate of the day.

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    33Nowe when the sixt houre was come, darkenesse arose ouer all the land vntill the ninth houre.

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    13Then came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Ebrew, which dwelt in the plaine of Mamre ye Amorite, brother of Eshcol, & brother of Aner, which were confederat with Abram.

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    11Then Abraha answered, Because I thought thus, Surely the feare of God is not in this place, and they will slay me for my wiues sake.

  • Gen 14:15
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    15Then he, and his seruants deuided them selues against them by night, & smote them and pursued them vnto Hobah, which is on the left side of Damascus,

  • Gen 28:11
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    11And he came vnto a certaine place, and taried there al night, because the sunne was downe, and tooke of the stones of the place, and layde vnder his head and slept in the same place.

  • Gen 15:5
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    5Moreouer he brought him forth and said, Looke vp nowe vnto heauen, and tell ye starres, if thou be able to number them: and he said vnto him, So shall thy seede be.