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At the moment he reaches safety he wakes up, astonished that his fears were groundless.
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To all creatures, human and animal, but to sinners seven times more,
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come death and bloodshed and strife and sword, calamities and famine and ruin and plague.
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All these were created for the wicked, and on their account the flood came.
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All that is of earth returns to earth, and what is from above returns above.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.