“As he contemplated the wonderful things of God, Abraham was struck with fear, the fear that belongs to the perfect. It will be noted … that the ecstasy came upon him "toward sunset." The text suggests by this a progression, because the day of the present state has gone by for Abraham so that further progress might fol…”
Didymus the Blind, 4th c. — ON GENESIS 230
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12And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
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10And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
11And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
— Genesis 15:12 —
13And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
14And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.