Jonah 1:1-5

New American Standard Bible

Jonah’s Disobedience

1 The word of the Lord came to ^(A)Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, ² “Arise, go to ^(B)Nineveh, the great city, and ^(C)cry out against it, because their ^(D)wickedness has come up before Me.” ³ But Jonah got up to flee to ^(E)Tarshish ^(F)from the presence of the Lord. So he went down to ^(G)Joppa, found a ship that was going to Tarshish, paid the fare, and ^[a]boarded it to go with them to Tarshish away from the presence of the Lord.

⁴ However, the ^(H)Lord hurled a great wind on the sea and there was a great storm on the sea, so that the ship was about to ^[b]break up. ⁵ Then the sailors became afraid and every man cried out to ^(I)his ^[c]god, and they ^(J)hurled the ^[d]cargo which was in the ship into the sea to lighten it ^[e]for them. But Jonah had gone below into the stern of the ship, had lain down, and fallen sound asleep.