Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Genesis 15:12
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As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.
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And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
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When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.
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And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.
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Genesis 15
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.
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