9. Jonah answered, “I'm a Hebrew, and I worship the Lord God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”
10. When the sailors heard this, they were frightened, because Jonah had already told them he was running from the Lord. Then they said, “Do you know what you have done?”
11. The storm kept getting worse, until finally the sailors asked him, “What should we do with you to make the sea calm down?”
12. Jonah told them, “Throw me into the sea, and it will calm down. I'm the cause of this terrible storm.”
13. The sailors tried their best to row to the shore. But they could not do it, and the storm kept getting worse every minute.