Genesis 15:12
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
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- Gen 2:21 : 21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
- Job 33:15 : 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
- Dan 10:8-9 : 8 Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength. 9 Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.
- Acts 9:8-9 : 8 And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus. 9 And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.
- Acts 20:9 : 9 And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long prehing, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
- Ps 4:3-5 : 3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him. 4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. 5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.
- 1 Sam 26:12 : 12 So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.
- Job 4:13-14 : 13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, 14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
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17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
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11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
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9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
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15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
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1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
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3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
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13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranr in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
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13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
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14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
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15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
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6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
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5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
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22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
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14 And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.
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17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
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21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.
22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
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22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
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1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, t thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
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17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.
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1 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
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33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
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13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
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11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
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15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
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11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
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5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.