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# Then they said to Jonah
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"Then the men who were working on the ship said to Jonah"
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# Please tell us who is the cause of this evil that is happening to us.
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"Who caused this bad thing that is happening to us?"
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# fear Yahweh
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The word "fear" refers Jonah having a deep respecting God.
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# What is this that you have done?
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The men on the ship used this rhetorical question to show how upset they were with Jonah. AT: "You have done a terrible thing." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# he was running away from the presence of Yahweh
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Here Yahweh is represented by his presence. Jonah was seeking to escape Yahweh as if Yahweh was present only in the land of Israel. AT: "Jonah was running away from Yahweh." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
# because he had told them
What he told them can be stated clearly. AT: "because he had told them 'I am trying to get away from Yahweh'" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])