Jonah 1:1-5

The word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

“Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and cry out against it, because their wickedness has come up before Me.”

But Jonah got up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. So he went down to Joppa, found a ship that was going to Tarshish, paid the fare, and boarded it to go with them to Tarshish away from the presence of the Lord.

However, the Lord hurled a great wind on the sea and there was a great storm on the sea, so that the ship was about to break up.

Then the sailors became afraid and every man cried out to his god, and they hurled the cargo which was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone below into the stern of the ship, had lain down, and fallen sound asleep.