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 After we boarded the ship we set out to sea, and the wind drove us toward the promised land.

After many days of sailing, my brothers and Ishmael's two sons and their wives began to make themselves merry. They danced, sang and spoke very rudely, forgetting that God was carrying them safely across the sea.

I was afraid that their rudeness would provoke the Lord to smite us, and that we would be swallowed up in the depths of the sea, so I spoke to them very seriously, but they became angry with me, and said, "We will not tolerate you trying to be ruler over us.”

Then Laman and Lemuel tied me with ropes and treated me harshly. The Lord allowed them to do this in order to show His