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Genesis 2:21

WEB

21The LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. As the man slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.

KJV

21And the LORD[+] God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

BSB

21So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs [+] and closed up the area with flesh.

FBV

21So the Lord God put Adam into a deep sleep and as he slept the Lord God removed one of Adam's ribs and closed up the place where he took it with body tissue.

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Extra References

Genesis 15:12

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

Job 4:13

13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,

1 Samuel 26:12

12So David took the spear and the jar of water from Saul’s head, and they went away. No man saw it, or knew it, nor did any awake; for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them.

Job 33:15

15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed,

Daniel 8:18

18Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me and set me upright.

Proverbs 19:15

15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.