Genesis 2:21

So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam; and while he slept, He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place.

Genesis 15:12

When the sun was setting, a deep sleep overcame Abram; and a horror (terror, shuddering fear, nightmare) of great darkness overcame him.

1 Samuel 26:12

So David took the spear and the jug of water from beside Saul’s head, and they left, and no one saw or knew nor did anyone awaken, because they were all sound asleep, for a deep sleep from the Lord had fallen on them.

Job 4:13


“Amid disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night,
When deep sleep falls on men,

Job 33:15


“In a dream, a vision of the night [one may hear God’s voice],
When deep sleep falls on men
While slumbering upon the bed,

Proverbs 19:15


Laziness casts one into a deep sleep [unmindful of lost opportunity],
And the idle person will suffer hunger.

Daniel 8:18

Now as he (Gabriel) was speaking with me, I drifted into a deep sleep (unconsciousness) with my face to the ground; but he touched me and made me stand [where I had stood before].

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