⁹ So he said to them, “I am a Hebrew; and I fear ^[a]the Lord, the God of heaven, ^(A)who made the sea and the dry land.”

² So he prayed to the Lord, and said, “Ah, Lord, was not this what I said when I was still in my country? Therefore I ^(A)fled previously to Tarshish; for I know that You are a ^(B)gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm.