Genesis 15:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

When the sun went down, Abram fell sound asleep, and great terror overwhelmed him.

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  • Gen 2:21 : 21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he was asleep, he took part of the man’s side and closed up the place with flesh.
  • Job 33:15 : 15 In a dream, a night vision, when deep sleep falls on people as they sleep in their beds.
  • Dan 10:8-9 : 8 I alone was left to see this great vision. My strength drained from me, and my vigor disappeared; I was without energy. 9 I listened to his voice, and as I did so I fell into a trance-like sleep with my face to the ground.
  • Acts 9:8-9 : 8 So Saul got up from the ground, but although his eyes were open, he could see nothing. Leading him by the hand, his companions brought him into Damascus. 9 For three days he could not see, and he neither ate nor drank anything.
  • Acts 20:9 : 9 A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep while Paul continued to speak for a long time. Fast asleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.
  • Ps 4:3-5 : 3 Realize that the LORD shows the godly special favor; the LORD responds when I cry out to him. 4 Tremble with fear and do not sin! Meditate as you lie in bed, and repent of your ways!(Selah) 5 Offer the prescribed sacrifices and trust in the LORD!
  • 1 Sam 26:12 : 12 So David took the spear and the jug of water by Saul’s head, and they got out of there. No one saw them or was aware of their presence or woke up. All of them were asleep, for the LORD had caused a deep sleep to fall on them.
  • Job 4:13-14 : 13 In the troubling thoughts of the dreams in the night when a deep sleep falls on men, 14 dread gripped me and trembling, which made all my bones shake.

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    17When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking firepot with a flaming torch passed between the animal parts.

    18That day the LORD made a covenant with Abram:“To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River–

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

  • Gen 12:9-11
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    9Abram continually journeyed by stages down to the Negev.

    10The Promised Blessing Jeopardized There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to stay for a while because the famine was severe.

    11As he approached 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 night vision, when deep sleep falls on people as they sleep in their beds.

  • Gen 15:1-2
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    1The Cutting of the Covenant After these things the LORD’s message came to Abram in a vision:“Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and the one who will reward you in great abundance.”

    2But Abram said,“O Sovereign LORD, what will you give me since I continue to be childless, and my heir is Eliezer of Damascus?”

  • Gen 17:3
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    3Abram bowed down with his face to the ground, and God said to him,

  • Gen 15:13
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    13Then the LORD said to Abram,“Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign country. They will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.

  • Job 4:13
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    13In the troubling thoughts of the dreams in the night when a deep sleep falls on men,

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

  • Joel 3:15
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    15The sun and moon are darkened; the stars withhold their brightness.

  • Gen 12:6-7
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    6Abram traveled through the land as far as the oak tree of Moreh at Shechem.(At that time the Canaanites were in the land.)

    7The LORD appeared to Abram and said,“To your descendants 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 the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it!

  • Isa 8:22
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    22When one looks out over the land, he sees distress and darkness, gloom and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land.

  • Judg 19:14
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    14So they traveled on, and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin.

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

  • Exod 10:21-22
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    21The Ninth Blow: Darkness The LORD said to Moses,“Extend your hand toward heaven so that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness so thick it can be felt.”

    22So Moses extended his hand toward heaven, and there was absolute darkness throughout the land of Egypt for three days.

  • Job 10:22
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    22to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

  • Gen 12:1
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    1The Obedience of Abram Now the LORD said to Abram,“Go out from your country, your relatives, and your father’s household to the land that I will show you.

  • Gen 12:17
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    17But the LORD struck Pharaoh and his household with severe diseases because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

  • Gen 18:1
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    1Three Special Visitors The LORD appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest time of the day.

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    33Jesus’ Death Now when it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

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    13A fugitive came and told Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and Aner.(All these were allied by treaty with Abram.)

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    11Abraham replied,“Because I thought,‘Surely no one fears God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’

  • Gen 14:15
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    15Then, during the night, Abram divided his forces against them and defeated them. He chased them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

  • Gen 28:11
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    11He reached a certain place where he decided to camp because the sun had gone down. He took one of the stones and placed it near his head. Then he fell asleep in that place

  • Gen 15:5
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    5The LORD took him outside and said,“Gaze into the sky and count the stars– if you are able to count them!” Then he said to him,“So will your descendants be.”