Jonah 1:9-11

Good News Translation

⁹ “I am a Hebrew,” Jonah answered. “I worship the Lord, the God of heaven, who made land and sea.” ¹⁰ Jonah went on to tell them that he was running away from the Lord.

The sailors were terrified, and said to him, “That was an awful thing to do!”^{[a] 11} The storm was getting worse all the time, so the sailors asked him, “What should we do to you to stop the storm?”