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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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More Than a Dream
Scholars explain that Abram's 'deep sleep' was not ordinary rest but a divinely induced trance or ecstasy. God used this state to remove Abram from his physical senses, preparing him to receive a profound spiritual revelation directly from the Creator. This was a supernatural encounter, not just a nightmare.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
19th Century
Anglican
When the sun was going down. —The time described was the evening following the night on which he had received the assuran…
Baptist
He had asked for a manifestation, a sign, a token, and, see, it comes in the horror of great darkness. Do not be afraid, beloved, if your …
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16th Century
Protestant
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,…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when the sun was going down Just setting, descending below the hemisphere; or "about to enter" F13 in…
A deep sleep fell upon Abram; with this sleep a horror of great darkness fell upon him: a sudden change. The children of light do not always walk i…
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