“Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.”
The description of the mariners being afraid and casting cargo overboard to lighten the ship indicates the severity of the storm and human attempts to survive. The prayers of the sailors indicate human recognition of divine agency in the crisis. This verse describes human panic in the face of divine judgment.
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