Verse 12

Genesis 15:12

Geneva Bible

12 And when the sunne went downe, there fell an heauie sleepe vpon Abram: and loe, a very fearefull darkenes fell vpon him.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יְהִ֤י הַ/שֶּׁ֨מֶשׁ֙ לָ/ב֔וֹא וְ/תַרְדֵּמָ֖ה נָפְלָ֣ה עַל אַבְרָ֑ם וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה אֵימָ֛ה חֲשֵׁכָ֥ה גְדֹלָ֖ה נֹפֶ֥לֶת עָלָֽי/ו

English Translation

And it was, as the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and behold, a great darkness was falling upon him.

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Chapter 15 Context

1 After these things, the worde of the Lord came vnto Abram in a vision, saying, Feare not, Abram, I a... Focus ↗

2 And Abram said, O Lord God (Elohim), what wilt thou giue me, seeing I goe childlesse, and the stewar... Focus ↗

3 Againe Abram saide, Beholde, to me thou hast giuen no seede: wherefore loe, a seruant of mine house... Focus ↗

4 Then beholde, the worde of the Lord came vnto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heire, but on... Focus ↗

5 Moreouer he brought him forth and said, Looke vp nowe vnto heauen, and tell ye starres, if thou be a... Focus ↗

6 And Abram beleeued the Lord, and he counted that to him for righteousnesse. Focus ↗

7 Againe he saide vnto him, I am the Lord, that brought thee out of Vr of the Caldees, to giue thee th... Focus ↗

8 And he said, O Lord God (Elohim), whereby shall I knowe that I shall inherite it? Focus ↗

9 Then he said vnto him, Take me an heifer of three yeeres olde, and a shee goate of three yeeres olde... Focus ↗

10 So he tooke all these vnto him, and deuided them into the middes, and laid euery piece one against a... Focus ↗

11 Then foules fell on the carkases, and Abram droue them away. Focus ↗

12 And when the sunne went downe, there fell an heauie sleepe vpon Abram: and loe, a very fearefull dar...

13 Then he saide to Abram, Knowe for a suretie, that thy seede shalbe a stranger in a land, that is not... Focus ↗

14 Notwithstanding the nation, whom they shall serue, will I iudge: and afterward shall they come out w... Focus ↗

15 But thou shalt goe vnto thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried in a good age. Focus ↗

16 And in the fourth generation they shall come hither againe: for the wickednes of the Amorites is not... Focus ↗

17 Also when the sunne went downe, there was a darkenes: and behold, a smoking fornace, and a firebrand... Focus ↗

18 In that same day the Lord made a couenant with Abram, saying, Vnto thy seede haue I giuen this lande... Focus ↗

19 The Kenites, and the Kenizites, and the Kadmonites, Focus ↗

20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, Focus ↗

21 The Amorites also, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Iebusites. Focus ↗

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