6. So the chief sailor came near to him and said to him, “What, are you sleeping? Get up! Call out to your god. Perhaps the gods will consider us, so we will not perish!”
7. Then each man said to his companion, “Come, let’s cast lots—so we may know because of whom this evil is happening to us.” So they cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah.
8. Then they said to him, “Tell us, now! On whose account is this evil happening to us? What is your profession and where did you come from? What is your land and from what nation are you?”
9. He said to them, “I am a Hebrew and I fear Adonai God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.”
10. Then the men became afraid with an overwhelming fear and they said to him, “What have you done?” For the men knew that he had fled from the presence of Adonai, because he had told them.
11. So they said to him, “What should we do to you so the sea will become calm for us?”—for the storm was raging on.
12. “Pick me up and throw me into the sea,” he said to them, “then the sea will become calm for you. For I know it is because of me that this great storm is upon you.”
13. Nevertheless the men rowed hard to return to the land, but they could not, because the sea kept raging against them.
14. So they cried to Adonai and said, “Please, Adonai, don’t let us perish on account of the soul of this man and don’t put innocent blood on us. For you, Adonai, have done as you pleased.”
15. So they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea—and the sea stilled from its raging.
16. Then the men became afraid with an overwhelming fear of Adonai, and they offered a sacrifice to Adonai and made vows.