Acts 27:29

Greek	φοβούμενοί τε μήπου κατὰ τραχεῖς τόπους ἐκπέσωμεν, ἐκ πρύμνης ῥίψαντες ἀγκύρας τέσσαρας εὔχοντο ἡμέραν γενέσθαι.plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigγίνομαι greek Meaning * To Become * To Come into being * Generate * To Happen * Brought to pass Verb. Different from εἰμί (which means “to be” - a state of existence); γίνομαι, instead, emphasizes coming to be - a transition or event.John 1:14John 1:3Matthew 6:10
ESV	And fearing that we might run on the rocks, they let down four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come.
NIV	Fearing that we would be dashed against the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight.
NLT	At this rate they were afraid we would soon be driven against the rocks along the shore, so they threw out four anchors from the back of the ship and prayed for daylight.
KJV	Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

^{Acts 27:28 ← Acts 27:29 → Acts 27:30}