And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.
As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.
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;
And as the sun was just going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, a horror, a great darkness, fell upon him.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)