24 occurrences in 13 translations

'Sleep' in the Bible

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;

Verse ConceptsSleep, PhysicalAnestheticSealing ThingsAdam and eve

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

Verse ConceptsNightSleep, PhysicalSunsetsOvertaken By DarknessThose Frightened Of GodEclipseSolar Eclipse

And Sarai said to Abram, "may my harm [be] upon you. {I had my servant sleep with you}, and [when] she saw that she had conceived, {she no longer respected me}. May Yahweh judge between me and you!"

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeCriticism, against believersAbraham, Testing And VictoryPeople Possibly Doing Evil

Before they could lie down to sleep, all the men -- both young and old, from every part of the city of Sodom -- surrounded the house.

Verse ConceptsEnemies Surrounding

Then the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us as is the custom of all the land.

Verse ConceptsAbsence Of SexFirstborn DaughtersNo One AvailableUnpremeditatedFather And Daughter Relationships

Come, let’s get our father to drink wine so that we can sleep with him and preserve our father’s line.”

Verse ConceptsCourteousnessgrandfathers

The next day the firstborn said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight so you can go sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”

Verse ConceptsFirstborn Daughters

And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

Verse ConceptsNightThe SunBedsSunsetsStones As Monuments

And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.

Verse ConceptsFear, Caused ByRising EarlyMorning DevotionsThe Presence Of Godawakening

Then she said, “Here is my slave Bilhah. Go sleep with her, and she’ll bear children for me so that through her I too can build a family.”

Verse ConceptsKneelingMaidsMarital SexKneesMarital Sex Between

But Leah replied to her, “Isn’t it enough that you have taken my husband? Now you also want to take my son’s mandrakes?”“Well,” Rachel said, “you can sleep with him tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”

Verse ConceptsMarital SexMarital Sex BetweenTaking Other PeopleUnimportant Things

When Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, "You must sleep with me because I have paid for your services with my son's mandrakes." So he had marital relations with her that night.

Verse ConceptsHiringMarital SexMeeting PeopleMarital Sex Between

Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and produce offspring for your brother.”

Verse ConceptsBrothersLoyaltyMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningWidowsBrothers in lawSocial dutiesDutysexSiblingsRaising ChildrenRelationships And DatingWifeSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

He went over to her and said, “Come, let me sleep with you,” for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law.She said, “What will you give me for sleeping with me?”

Verse ConceptsDaughters In LawNot Recognising PeopleWages Of A Prostitute

After some time his master’s wife looked longingly at Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”

Verse ConceptsInvitationsLooking At People For EvilOther WivesSexual Union IntendedsexResisting Temptationmistress

She grabbed him by his garment and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his garment in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.

Verse ConceptsCloaksInvitationsGoing OutsideAbandoning ThingsGraspingSexual Union IntendedOutside The HousesexResisting Temptation

she called the household servants. “Look,” she said to them, “my husband brought a Hebrew man to make fools of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, and I screamed as loud as I could.

Verse ConceptsSexual Union IntendedMisleading Children

And the seven thin cows made a meal of the seven fat cows. Then Pharaoh came out of his sleep.

Verse ConceptsFat AnimalsAnimals EatingThin Bodies

After he had fallen back to sleep, he had a second dream, in which seven ears of plump, fruit-filled grain grew up on a single stalk.

Verse ConceptsDoing Things TwiceSeven Things

And even with the fat cows inside them they seemed as bad as before. And so I came out of my sleep.

Verse ConceptsBad Items

but when I sleep with my fathers, thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying-place. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.

Verse ConceptsChildren, Good KidsCarrying Dead BodiesThe Cave Of MachpelahGathered To One's People

Judah is a young lion; like a lion full of meat you have become great, my son; now he takes his rest like a lion stretched out and like an old lion; by whom will his sleep be broken?

Verse ConceptsHuntingLions, Figurative Use OfLionsYoung AnimalVigourCrouchingLike Creatures

Bible Theasaurus

Dream (87 instances)
Heavily (30 instances)
Slumber (14 instances)

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