Jonah 1:3-5

Good News Translation

³ Jonah, however, set out in the opposite direction in order to get away from the Lord. He went to Joppa, where he found a ship about to go to Spain. He paid his fare and went aboard with the crew to sail to Spain, where he would be away from the Lord.

⁴ But the Lord sent a strong wind on the sea, and the storm was so violent that the ship was in danger of breaking up. ⁵ The sailors were terrified and cried out for help, each one to his own god. Then, in order to lessen the danger,^[a] they threw the cargo^[b] overboard. Meanwhile, Jonah had gone below and was lying in the ship's hold, sound asleep.