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But Jonah was gone down into the sides 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, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.</p> <p class="reg"><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 <i>is</i> 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 <i>is</i> upon us; What <i>is</i> thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what <i>is</i> thy country? and of what people <i>art</i> thou? <span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And he said unto them, I <i>am</i> an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry <i>land</i>.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.</p> <p class="hdg">Jonah Cast Into the Sea and Swallowed</p><p class="reg"><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 wrought, and was 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 <i>is</i> upon you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring <i>it</i> to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was 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.</p> <p class="reg"><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 her raging. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. 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