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Acts 27:38
And when they had had enough food, they made the weight of the ship less, turning the grain out into the sea.
Acts 27:38 · Bible in Basic English
Acts 27:38 in other translations
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
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In context
35 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.
36 Then they all took heart and did the same.
37 And we were, in the ship, two hundred and seventy-six persons.
38 And when they had had enough food, they made the weight of the ship less, turning the grain out into the sea.
39 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.
40 So cutting away the hooks, and letting them go into the sea, and freeing the cords of the guiding-blades, and lifting up the sail to the wind, they went in the direction of the inlet.
41 And coming to a point between two seas, they got the ship to land; and the front part was fixed in the sand and not able to be moved, but the back part was broken by the force of the waves.
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