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29 Fearing that we might run aground somewhere on the rocks, they cast four anchors from the stern and wished for daybreak.
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Fearing that we would be dashed against the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight.
30 But as the sailors were trying to escape from the ship and had let down the ship's boat into the sea, on the pretense of intending to lay out anchors from the bow,
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In an attempt to escape from the ship, the sailors let the lifeboat down into the sea, pretending they were going to lower some anchors from the bow.
31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, "Unless these men remain in the ship, you yourselves cannot be saved."
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Then Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay with the ship, you cannot be saved.”
32 Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the ship's boat and let it fall away.
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So the soldiers cut the ropes that held the lifeboat and let it drift away.
33 Until the day was about to dawn, Paul was encouraging them all to take some food, saying, "Today is the fourteenth day that you have been constantly watching and going without eating, having taken nothing.
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Just before dawn Paul urged them all to eat. “For the last fourteen days,” he said, “you have been in constant suspense and have gone without food—you haven’t eaten anything.
34 "Therefore I encourage you to take some food, for this is for your preservation, for not a hair from the head of any of you will perish."
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Now I urge you to take some food. You need it to survive. Not one of you will lose a single hair from his head.”
35 Having said this, he took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of all, and he broke it and began to eat.
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After he said this, he took some bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat.
36 All of them were encouraged and they themselves also took food.
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They were all encouraged and ate some food themselves.
37 All of us in the ship were two hundred and seventy-six persons.
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Altogether there were 276 of us on board.
38 When they had eaten enough , they began to lighten the ship by throwing out the wheat into the sea.
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When they had eaten as much as they wanted, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
39 When day came, they could not recognize the land; but they did observe a bay with a beach, and they resolved to drive the ship onto it if they could.
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When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they saw a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.
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