Jonah / Question
The sailors cast lots to find on whose account the trouble had come. The lot fell on Jonah Jonah 1:7. After that they questioned him about who he was and what he had done Jonah 1:8–10.
In Jonah 1:4–7, a violent storm suddenly threatens the ship. The sailors panic, each calling on his own god and throwing cargo overboard to survive, while Jonah is found sleeping deep in the vessel. The captain confronts him and urges him to pray, hoping some deity will pay attention and spare them. This scene follows Jonah’s decision to flee by sea instead of carrying out his mission (1:1–3). The narrative now shifts from Jonah’s deliberate movement downward into the ship to a crisis that overtakes everyone aboard.
Jonah 1:4–7 presents Yahweh as actively involved in the events at sea: the storm is not random in the story’s framing but is sent by Yahweh (explicit text claim). The danger is severe enough that the ship is pictured as near breaking apart.
A careful answer keeps the immediate passage, the book's argument, and the whole-Bible storyline together, so the question is answered in context instead of as a detached idea.
Start with Jonah 1:7, then read the surrounding section so the answer stays connected to the passage's flow.
7They all said to each other, "Come, let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is on us." So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.