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and having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sounded, they found fifteen fathoms,
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and fearing lest on rough places we may fall, out of the stern having cast four anchors, they were wishing day to come.
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And the sailors seeking to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat to the sea, in pretence as [if] out of the foreship they are about to cast anchors,
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Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, `If these do not remain in the ship -- ye are not able to be saved;'
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then the soldiers did cut off the ropes of the boat, and suffered it to fall off.
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And till the day was about to be, Paul was calling upon all to partake of nourishment, saying, `Fourteen days to-day, waiting, ye continue fasting, having taken nothing,
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wherefore I call upon you to take nourishment, for this is for your safety, for of not one of you shall a hair from the head fall;'
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and having said these things, and having taken bread, he gave thanks to God before all, and having broken [it], he began to eat;
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and all having become of good cheer, themselves also took food,
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(and we were -- all the souls in the ship -- two hundred, seventy and six),
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and having eaten sufficient nourishment, they were lightening the ship, casting forth the wheat into the sea.