Genesis 15:12

deep. Genesis 2:21 1 Samuel 26:12 Job 4:13 Job 4:14 Job 33:15 Daniel 10:8 Daniel 10:9 Acts 20:9 horror. Psalms 4:3-5 Acts 9:8 Acts 9:9

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. A deep sleep fell upon Abram. The vision is now mingled with a dream. Thus the Lord here joins those two kinds of communication together,...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. A deep sleep - תרדמה tardemah, the...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And when the sun was going down— The original is, and the sun was (לבוא labo, ad intrandum, says Montanus) about to enter, "the time of sun-r...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

God Promises an Heir to Abraham and the Land of Canaan for his Descendants. The Promise is Ratified by a Covenant The passage is from the Primitiv...
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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is the account of the fourth direct appearance of Jehovah to Abram and evidently it had direct connection with what had immediately preceded. Ab...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. The sun going down denotes the se...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when the sun was going down ,.... Just setting, descending below the hemisphere; or "about to enter" m into his chamber, as Piscator observes, f...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And when the sun was going down a deep sleep fell on Abram, and lo, a horror of great darkness fell on him.' Words fail to describe the sacredness...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The covenant Sacrifice
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

Related Commentaries of Genesis 15:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Genesis 15:12