Jonah 1

1^*Now the word of the Lord came unto ^a||Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, ²Arise, go to ^bcNineveh, ^cthat great city, and cry against it; for ^dtheir wickedness ^eis come up before me. ³But Jonah rose up ^fto flee unto ^gTarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to ^hJoppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and ⁱwent down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish ^kfrom the presence of the Lord.

⁴But the Lord ^†sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was ^la mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship ^†was like ⁿto be broken. ⁵Then ^othe mariners were afraid, and ^pcried every man unto his god, and ^qcast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, ^qto lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and ^rwas fast asleep. ⁶So ^sthe shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, ^ssWhat meanest thou, ^rO sleeper? arise, ^pcall upon thy God, ^tif so be that God will ^uthink upon us, that we perish not.

⁷And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and ^vlet 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. ⁸Then said they unto him, ^wTell 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? ⁹And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear ^||the Lord, ^xthe God of heaven, ^ywhich hath made the sea and the dry land. ¹⁰Then were the men ^†exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled ^kfrom the presence of the Lord, because he had told them. ¹¹Then 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. ¹²And 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. ¹³Nevertheless the men ^†rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea ^||†wrought, and was tempestuous against them. ¹⁴Wherefore they cried unto ^zthe Lord, and said, We beseech thee, O Lord, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man’s life, and ^alay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O Lord, ^bhast done as it pleased thee. ¹⁵So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and ^cthe sea ^†ceased from her raging. ¹⁶Then ^dthe men feared the Lord exceedingly, and ^†egoffered a sacrifice unto the Lord, and ^gmade vows.

¹⁷Now the Lord had ^hprepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And ⁱJonah was in the ^†belly of the fish three days and three nights.