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Then, fearing that by chance we might come on to the rocks, they let down four hooks from the back of the ship, and made prayers for the coming of day.
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Then the sailors made attempts secretly to get away from the ship, letting down a boat as if they were about to put down hooks from the front of the ship;
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But Paul said to the captain and his men, If you do not keep these men in the ship, you will not be safe.
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Then the armed men, cutting the cords of the boat, let her go.
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And when dawn was near, Paul gave them all orders to take food, saying, This is the fourteenth day you have been waiting and taking no food.
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So I make request to you to take food; for this is for your salvation: not a hair from the head of any of you will come to destruction.
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And when he had said this and had taken bread, he gave praise to God before them all, and took a meal of the broken bread.
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Then they all took heart and did the same.
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And we were, in the ship, two hundred and seventy-six persons.
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And when they had had enough food, they made the weight of the ship less, turning the grain out into the sea.
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And when it was day, they had no knowledge of the land, but they saw an inlet of the sea with a floor of sand, and they had the idea of driving the ship up on to it if possible.