12And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great and darksome horror seized upon him.


In Context

9 And the Lord answered, and said: Take me a cow of three years old, and a she goat of three years, and a ram of three years, a turtle also, and a pigeon.

10 And he took all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid the two pieces of each one against the other; but the birds he divided not.

11 And the fowls came down upon carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

12 And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great and darksome horror seized upon him.

13 And it was said unto him: Know thou beforehand that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land not their own, and they shall bring them under bondage, and afflict them four hundred years.

14 But I will judge the nation which they shall serve, and after this they shall come out with great substance.

Genesis 15:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:12And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:12As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:12And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:12And as the sun was just going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, a horror, a great darkness, fell upon him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:12And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:12And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:12When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:12And 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:12And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram; and, see, an horror of great darkness fell on him.