Jonah 1:7-9

Common English Bible

⁷ Meanwhile, the sailors said to each other, “Come on, let’s cast lots so that we might learn who is to blame for this evil that’s happening to us.” They cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah. ⁸ So they said to him, “Tell us, since you’re the cause of this evil happening to us: What do you do and where are you from? What’s your country and of what people are you?”

⁹ He said to them, “I’m a Hebrew. I worship the Lord, the God of heaven—who made the sea and the dry land.”