Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Yahweh Is King Over All the Earth

⁸ And God said to Noah and to his sons with him, ⁹ “As for me, behold, I am establishing my covenant with you and with your seed after you, ¹⁰ and with every living creature that is with you—the birds, the animals, and every animal of the earth with you, from all that came out of the ark to all the animals of the earth. ¹¹ I am establishing my covenant with you, that never again will all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood, nor will there ever be a flood that destroys the earth.” ¹² And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I am making between me and you, and between every living creature that is with you for future generations. ¹³ My bow I have set in the clouds, and it shall be for a sign of the covenant between me and between the earth. ¹⁴ And when I make clouds appear over the earth the bow shall be seen in the clouds. ¹⁵ Then^[a] I will remember my covenant that is between me and you, and between every living creature, with all flesh. And the waters of a flood will never again cause the destruction^[b] of all flesh. ¹⁶ The bow shall be in the clouds, and I will see it, so as to remember the everlasting covenant between God and between every living creature, with all flesh that is upon the earth.” ¹⁷ And God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant which I am establishing between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

The Shipwreck

³⁹ Now when day came, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay having a beach, onto which they decided to run the ship ashore if they could. ⁴⁰ And slipping the anchors, they left them^[a] in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes^[b] of the steering oars. And hoisting the foresail to the wind that was blowing, they held course for the beach. ⁴¹ But falling into a place of crosscurrents,^[c] they ran the ship aground. And the bow stuck fast and^[d] stayed immovable, but the stern was being broken up by the violence.^{[e] 42} Now the plan of the soldiers was that they would kill the prisoners lest any escape by^[f] swimming away, ⁴³ but the centurion, because he^[g] wanted to save Paul, prevented them from doing what they intended,^[h] and gave orders that those who were able to swim should jump in first to get to the land, ⁴⁴ and then the rest, some of whom floated^[i] on planks and some of whom on anything that was from the ship. And in this way all were brought safely to the land.