Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And it happened, as the sun {went down}, then a deep sleep fell upon Abram and, behold, a great terrifying darkness fell upon him.
New American Standard Bible
Now when the sun was going down,
King James Version
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
Holman Bible
As the sun was setting, a deep sleep
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.
A Conservative Version
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram. And, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon 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.
Amplified
When the sun was setting, a deep sleep overcame Abram; and a horror (terror, shuddering fear, nightmare) of great darkness overcame him.
Bible in Basic English
Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep came on Abram, and a dark cloud of fear.
Darby Translation
And as the sun was just going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, a horror, a great darkness, fell upon him.
Julia Smith Translation
And the sun shall be going down, and a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and behold terror and great darkness fell upon him.
King James 2000
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.
Modern King James verseion
And it happened as the sun was setting, and a deep sleep fell upon Abram. And, behold, a horror of great darkness fell upon him!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And when the sun was down, there fell a slumber upon Abram. And lo, fear and great darkness came upon him.
NET Bible
When the sun went down, Abram fell sound asleep, and great terror overwhelmed him.
New Heart English Bible
When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.
The Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass when, the sun, was shout to go in. and a deep sleep, had fallen upon Abram, lo! a terror a great darkness, was falling upon him.
Webster
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.
Youngs 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;
Themes
Covenant » Of men with men » Ratified » By offering a sacrifice
The Covenant » Made with » Abraham
Covenants » Made by passing between the pieces of the divided sacrifices
Darkness » Degrees of, mentioned » Great
Sacrifices » The covenants of God confirmed by
Sign » Asked for by, and given to » Abraham
Topics
Interlinear
Shemesh
Naphal
נפל
Naphal
fail, fall down, cast, cast down, fall away, divide, overthrow, present, lay, rot, accepted, lie down, inferior, lighted, lost,
Usage: 434
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 15:12
Images Genesis 15:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh's Covenant With Abram
11 And the birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away. 12 And it happened, as the sun {went down}, then a deep sleep fell upon Abram and, behold, a great terrifying darkness fell upon him. 13 And he said to Abram, "{You must surely know} that your descendants shall be [as] aliens in a land {not their own}. And they shall serve them and they shall oppress them four hundred years.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Genesis 2:21
And Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man. While he slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up {the flesh where it had been}.
Job 33:15
"In a dream, a vision of [the] night, when a deep sleep falls on men slumbering on [their] bed,
1 Samuel 26:12
So David took the spear and the jar of water from [near] Saul's head, and they went [away]. {No one saw, no one knew, and no one awakened}, for all of them [were] sleeping because a deep sleep of Yahweh had fallen upon them.
Job 4:13-14
Amid troubling thoughts from night visions, at [the] falling of deep sleep on men,
Psalm 4:3-5
But know that Yahweh has set apart for himself [the] faithful one. Yahweh hears when I call to him.
Daniel 10:8-9
And I myself, Daniel, alone saw this great vision, and [as a result] {no strength was left in me} and {my complexion grew deathly pale}, and I did not retain any strength.
Acts 9:8-9
So Saul got up from the ground, but [although] his eyes were open he could see nothing. And leading him by the hand, they brought [him] into Damascus.
Acts 20:9
And a certain young man {named} Eutychus who was sitting in the window was sinking into a deep sleep [while] Paul was conversing at length. Being overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.