(In all we were 276 persons on the ship.)
So those who received his message were immersed, and that day about three thousand souls were added.
When they had eaten enough, they began to lighten the ship, throwing the wheat into the sea.
So Joseph sent and called for Jacob and all his relatives—seventy-five persons.
Let every person submit himself to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist are put in place by God.
Long ago they disobeyed while God kept waiting patiently, in the days of Noah as the ark was being built. In that ark a few (that is, eight souls) were brought safely through water.
