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4 And Yahweh hurled a great wind upon the sea, and it was a great storm on the sea, and the merchant ship ⌊was in danger of breaking up⌋.d 5 And the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they threw the ⌊contents⌋e that were in the merchant ship into the sea to lighten it for them. And meanwhile Jonah went down into the hold of the vessel and lay down and fell asleep. 6 And the captainf of the ship approached him and said to him, “Why are you ⌊sound asleep⌋?g Get up! Call on your god! Perhaps your godh will take notice of us and we won’t perish!” 7 And they said ⌊to one another⌋,i “Come, let us cast lots so that we may know on whose account this disaster has come on us!” And they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah. 8 So they said to him, “Please tell us whoever is responsible that this disaster has come upon us! What is your occupation? And from where do you come? What is your country? And from which people are you?” 9 And he said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear Yahweh, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”
d | Literally “threatened to be broken up” |
e | Literally “objects” |
f | Or “commander” |
g | Literally “in a deep sleep” |
h | Literally “the god,” with the article indicating previous reference |
i | Literally “each to his friend/companion” |
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