Jonah 1:13
And the men were working hard to get back to the land, but they were not able to do so: for the sea got rougher and rougher against them.
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39 And he came out of his sleep, and gave strong orders to the wind, and said to the sea, Peace, be at rest. And the wind went down, and there was a great calm.
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