⁷ Here is what the sailors said to one another. “Someone is to blame for getting us into all this trouble. Come. Let’s cast lots to find out who it is.” So they did. And Jonah was picked. ⁸ They asked him, “What terrible thing have you done to bring all this trouble on us? Tell us. What do you do for a living? Where do you come from? What is your country? What people do you belong to?”

⁹ He answered, “I’m a Hebrew. I worship the Lord. He is the God of heaven. He made the sea and the dry land.”