8. So they said to him, “Please explain to us! For whose sake is this evil upon us? What is your occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? And from what people are you?”
9. And he said to them, “I am a Heḇrew. And I am fearing יהוה, the Elohim of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.”
10. And the men were exceedingly afraid, and said to him, “Why have you done this?” For the men knew that he fled from the presence of יהוה, for he had informed them.
11. And they said to him, “What are we to do to you to make the sea calm for us?” For the sea was growing more stormy.
12. And he said to them, “Take me and throw me into the sea, so that the sea becomes calm for you. For I know that this great storm is because of me.”
13. However, the men rowed hard to bring the ship to land, but were unable, for the sea continued to grow more stormy against them.
14. And they cried out to יהוה and said, “We pray, O יהוה, please, let us not perish for this man’s life, and do not lay on us innocent blood. For You, O יהוה, have done as it pleased You.”
15. Then they took Yonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.
16. And the men feared יהוה exceedingly, and brought an offering to יהוה and made vows.
17. But יהוה appointed a great fish to swallow Yonah. And Yonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.