Genesis 2:21

World English Bible (2000)

Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.

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  • Gen 15:12 : 12 When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.
  • 1 Sam 26:12 : 12 So David took the spear and the jar of water from Saul's head; and they went away: and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither did any awake; for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from Yahweh was fallen on them.
  • Job 4:13 : 13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
  • Job 33:15 : 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed;
  • Dan 8:18 : 18 Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright.
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

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