The following day they even took some of the ship’s gear and threw it overboard.
Satan replied to the Lord, “Skin for skin! A man will give up everything he has to save his life.
A time to search and a time to quit searching. A time to keep and a time to throw away.
Fearing for their lives, the desperate sailors shouted to their gods for help and threw the cargo overboard to lighten the ship. But all this time Jonah was sound asleep down in the hold.
The next day, as gale-force winds continued to batter the ship, the crew began throwing the cargo overboard.
The terrible storm raged for many days, blotting out the sun and the stars, until at last all hope was gone.