12. “Pick me up and throw me into the sea,” he said to them, “then the sea will become calm for you. For I know it is because of me that this great storm is upon you.”
13. Nevertheless the men rowed hard to return to the land, but they could not, because the sea kept raging against them.
14. So they cried to Adonai and said, “Please, Adonai, don’t let us perish on account of the soul of this man and don’t put innocent blood on us. For you, Adonai, have done as you pleased.”
15. So they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea—and the sea stilled from its raging.
16. Then the men became afraid with an overwhelming fear of Adonai, and they offered a sacrifice to Adonai and made vows.