³ But Jonah set out to flee toward Tarshish from the presence of^[a] Yahweh. And he went down to Joppa and found a merchant ship going to Tarshish, and paid her fare, and went on board her to go with them toward Tarshish from the presence of^[b] Yahweh.

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.^{[c] 5} And the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they threw the contents^[d] 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.