28 They took soundings and found it to be a hundred twenty feet[a] deep; when they had sailed a little farther and sounded again, they found it to be ninety feet[b] deep. 29 Then, fearing we might run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight to come. 30 Some sailors tried to escape from the ship; they had let down the skiff into the sea, pretending that they were going to put out anchors from the bow.

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Footnotes

  1. 27:28 Lit twenty fathoms
  2. 27:28 Lit fifteen fathoms

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