Genesis 15:12
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.
In context
10 So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half.
11 And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
12 As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.
13 Then 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.
14 But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.
Genesis 15:12 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.
- KJV 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.
- ASV 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.
- YLT 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;
- DBY 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.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.