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But the LORD sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was likely to break up.
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Verse 4. Broken. Seeing no natural cause of such a sudden tempest, they concluded ( Worthington.) that some on board must be guilty; as the sailors argued ( Bible.) when the noted atheist, Diagoras, was in similar circumstances. Calmet.—They had recourse to lots, and the prophet consented by God’s inspiration, ( Worthington.) though this is not written, ( Bible.) and the lots were superstitious. Menochius.—The oriental writers add many things to this sufficiently marvellous account. Lyran. D’Herbelot. Calmet.
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