Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him. New Living Translation As the sun was going down, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a terrifying darkness came down over him. English Standard Version As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him. Berean Standard Bible As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him. King James Bible And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. New King James Version Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him. New American Standard Bible Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, terror and great darkness fell upon him. NASB 1995 Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, terror and great darkness fell upon him. NASB 1977 Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, terror and great darkness fell upon him. Legacy Standard Bible Now it happened that when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, terror and great darkness fell upon him. Amplified Bible When the sun was setting, a deep sleep overcame Abram; and a horror (terror, shuddering fear, nightmare) of great darkness overcame him. Christian Standard Bible As the sun was setting, a deep sleep came over Abram, and suddenly great terror and darkness descended on him. Holman Christian Standard Bible As the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell on Abram, and suddenly great terror and darkness descended on him. American Standard Version And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And it happened that the sun was setting, and silence fell on Abram, and behold, fear and great darkness fell upon him. Brenton Septuagint Translation And about sunset a trance fell upon Abram, and lo! a great gloomy terror falls upon him. Contemporary English Version As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and everything became dark and frightening. Douay-Rheims Bible And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great and darksome horror seized upon him. English Revised Version And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. GOD'S WORD® Translation As the sun was just about to set, a deep sleep-a dreadful, deep darkness-came over Abram. Good News Translation When the sun was going down, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and fear and terror came over him. International Standard Version As the sun began to set, Abram was overcome with deep sleep, and suddenly a frightening and terrifying darkness descended on him. JPS Tanakh 1917 And it came to pass, that, when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a dread, even a great darkness, fell upon him. Literal Standard Version And the sun is about to go in, and deep sleep has fallen on Abram, and behold, a terror of great darkness is falling on him; Majority Standard Bible As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him. New American Bible As the sun was about to set, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great, dark dread descended upon him. NET Bible When the sun went down, Abram fell sound asleep, and great terror overwhelmed him. New Revised Standard Version As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a deep and terrifying darkness descended upon him. New Heart English Bible When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And look, a terror of great darkness fell on him. Webster's Bible Translation And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him. World English Bible When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him. Young's Literal Translation And the sun is about to go in, and deep sleep hath fallen upon Abram, and lo, a terror of great darkness is falling upon him; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God Confirms His Promise…11And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away. 12As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him. 13Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.… Cross References Genesis 2:21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man's ribs and closed up the area with flesh. Genesis 15:11 And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away. Genesis 28:11 On reaching a certain place, he spent the night there because the sun had set. And taking one of the stones from that place, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. 1 Samuel 26:12 So David took the spear and water jug by Saul's head, and they departed. No one saw them or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up; they all remained asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them. Job 33:15 In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds, Daniel 10:9 I heard the sound of his words, and as I listened, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Treasury of Scripture And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram; and, see, an horror of great darkness fell on him. deep. Genesis 2:21 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; 1 Samuel 26:12 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 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, … horror. Psalm 4:3-5 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him… Acts 9:8,9 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… Jump to Previous Abram Cloud Dark Darkness Deep Dread Dreadful Fallen Falling Fear Fell Great Horror Setting Sleep Sun Terror ThickJump to Next Abram Cloud Dark Darkness Deep Dread Dreadful Fallen Falling Fear Fell Great Horror Setting Sleep Sun Terror ThickGenesis 15 1. God encourages Abram, who asks for an heir.4. God promises him a son, and a multiplying of his seed. 6. Abram is justified by faith. 7. Canaan is promised again, 9. and confirmed by a sign, and a vision, 18. prophetic of the condition of his posterity till brought out of Egypt. (12) When the sun was going down.--The time described was the evening following the night on which he had received the assurance that his seed should be countless as the stars. He had then, in his trance, also asked for some security that Canaan should be the heritage of his posterity, and in answer had received the command to arrange, upon a large scale, the ceremonial of a solemn treaty-making. The morning had been spent in the performance of the command, and after wards he had watched, probably for several hours, by the side of the divided bodies, uncertain what would happen, but occupied in driving away the vultures, which gathered from all quarters round the abundant feast. At sunset the revelation came to him, not in a waking trance, as on the previous night, but in "a deep sleep," and with those accompaniments of terror so powerfully described in Job 4:12-16, and which the creature cannot but feel when brought near to the manifest presence of the Creator (Daniel 10:8). Lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.--Heb., lo, a terror, even great darkness, falling upon him. The terror was not mental so much as bodily, caused by a deep gloom settling round him, such as would be the effect of an eclipse of the setting sun, and shutting all mortal things away from his view. Verse 12. - And when the sun was going down. Literally, was about to go down (cf. Gesenius, § 132). The vision having commenced the previous evening, an entire day has already passed, the interval being designed to typify the time between the pro-raise and its fulfillment (Kalisch). A deep sleep - tardemah (cf. Adam s sleep, Genesis 2:21); ἔκστασις (LXX.); a supernatural slumber, as the darkness following was not solely due to natural causes - fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness - literally, an, horror, a great darkness, i.e. an overwhelming dread occasioned by the dense gloom with which he was encircled, and which, besides Being designed to conceal the working of the Deity from mortal vision (Knobel), was meant to symbolize the Egyptian bondage (Grotius, Calvin, Rosenmüller, Keil, Aalisch), and perhaps also, since Abram's faith embraced a larger sphere than Canaan (Hebrews 11:10, 14, 16), and a nobler seed than Sarah's son (John 8:56), the sufferings of Christ (Wordsworth, Inglis) - fell upon him.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew As the sunהַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ (haš·še·meš) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement was וַיְהִ֤י (way·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be setting, לָב֔וֹא (lā·ḇō·w) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go Abram אַבְרָ֑ם (’aḇ·rām) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 87: Abram -- 'exalted father', the original name of Abraham fell נָפְלָ֣ה (nā·p̄ə·lāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 5307: To fall, lie into עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against a deep sleep, וְתַרְדֵּמָ֖ה (wə·ṯar·dê·māh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8639: A lethargy, trance and suddenly וְהִנֵּ֥ה (wə·hin·nêh) Conjunctive waw | Interjection Strong's 2009: Lo! behold! great גְדֹלָ֖ה (ḡə·ḏō·lāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent terror אֵימָ֛ה (’ê·māh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 367: Fright, an idol and darkness חֲשֵׁכָ֥ה (ḥă·šê·ḵāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2825: Darkness, misery overwhelmed נֹפֶ֥לֶת (nō·p̄e·leṯ) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular Strong's 5307: To fall, lie him. עָלָֽיו׃ (‘ā·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against Links Genesis 15:12 NIVGenesis 15:12 NLT Genesis 15:12 ESV Genesis 15:12 NASB Genesis 15:12 KJV Genesis 15:12 BibleApps.com Genesis 15:12 Biblia Paralela Genesis 15:12 Chinese Bible Genesis 15:12 French Bible Genesis 15:12 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 15:12 When the sun was going down (Gen. 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