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But Jonah was gone down into the innermost parts of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him: ‘What meanest thou that thou sleepest? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.’ <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And they said every one to his fellow: ‘Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us.’ So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then said they unto him: ‘Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us: what is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And he said unto them: ‘I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, who hath made the sea and the dry land.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him: ‘What is this that thou hast done?’ For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then said they unto him: ‘What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us?’ for the sea grew more and more tempestuous. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And he said unto them: ‘Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you; for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not; for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said: ‘We beseech Thee, O LORD, we beseech Thee, let us not perish for this man’s life, and lay not upon us innocent blood; for Thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased Thee.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-17.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And the LORD prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah; 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