Jonah 1:5

5 Then the mariners were afraid, and ^keach cried out to his god. And ^lthey hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep.

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Psalm 107:28
Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.

Acts 27:18–19
Since we were violently storm-tossed, they began the next day to jettison the cargo. And on the third day they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.

Acts 27:38
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.

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