8 Then they said to him, Tell us, for whom has this trouble come upon us? What is your occupation and where are you coming from? where is your country, and what people are you from? (Interrogation of Jonah).
9 And he said to them, I am a Hebrew, I honor the Lord God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land. (Jonah, like all people of antiquity, believed that God was somewhere in heaven, controlling every step of any person and all natural phenomena).
10 And the people were terrified with great fear, and said to him, Why did you do this? For these people knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord, as he himself declared to them. (Job claimed to be running from God.)
11 And they said to him, What shall we do with you, that the sea may be calm for us? For the sea did not cease to worry. (Shipmen do not know what to do, how to appease the wrath of the sea god).
12 Then he said to them, Take me and throw me into the sea, and the sea will be quiet for you, for I know that this great storm has come upon you for my sake. (Job is ready for self-sacrifice in order to save people).
13 But these people began to row hard to land on the land, but they could not, because the sea continued to rage against them. (The sea is raging, but the land is somewhere nearby).
14 Then they called to the Lord and said, We beseech Thee, O Lord, that we may not perish for the soul of this man, and that Thou shalt not impute innocent blood to us; for you, Lord, have done what pleases you! (Appeal to God, who supposedly can hear).
15 And they took Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea was stilled because of its fury. (Jonah is thrown overboard, the sea is calm, most likely this is a coincidence or an accident).
16 And these people were afraid of the Lord with great fear, and offered sacrifice to the Lord, and made vows. (People very much believe that the sacrifice made to God will help in any trouble: the talion rule).
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