Genesis 49:13Deuteronomy 28:68Job 9:26Numbers 24:241 Kings 9:26-282 Chronicles 8:181 Kings 22:48,492 Chronicles 20:35-37

In our Lord's time fishermen's boats on the Sea of Galilee were called "ships." Much may be learned regarding the construction of ancient merchant ships and navigation from the record in Acts 2728,28 .