Jonah 1:13

The sailors initially rejected Jonah’s advice and compassionately chose to drop him off at the nearest landfall. They strained every muscle for Jonah’s sake, literally digging their oars into the water. They demonstrated more concern for one man than Jonah had for the thousands of men, women, and children in Nineveh. When reaching land became impossible due to the raging sea, they prayed to Yahweh, something that we have no record that the prophet had done.