## Abram fell sound asleep  ##

<b>Abram fell sound asleep <b>- "A deep sleep fell on Abram."

## fell sound asleep ##

"fell into a very deep sleep" or "slept deeply." It means that he was very much asleep.

## deep and terrifying darkness ##

"extreme darkness that that terrified him"

## overwhelmed him ##

"surrounded him"

## strangers ##

"aliens" or "foreigners"

## and will be enslaved and oppressed ##

This can also be translated with an active clause: "and the owners of that land will enslave your descendants and oppress them." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])