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Jonah Flees the Presence of the LORD
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|Jonas 1:1| Now the word of the LORD came to aJonah the son of Amittai, saying,
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|Jonas 1:2| “Arise, go to bNineveh, that cgreat city, and call out against it, dfor their evil 1 has come up before me.”
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|Jonas 1:3| But Jonah erose to flee to fTarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to gJoppa and found a ship going to hTarshish. So he paid the fare and went on board, to go with them to iTarshish, jaway from the presence of the LORD.
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|Jonas 1:4| But kthe LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened lto break up.
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|Jonas 1:5| Then the mariners were afraid, and meach cried out to his god. And nthey hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep.
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|Jonas 1:6| So the captain came and said to him, “What do you mean, you sleeper? Arise, ocall out to your god! pPerhaps the god will give a thought to us, that we may not perish.”
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Jonah Is Thrown into the Sea
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|Jonas 1:7| And they said to one another, “Come, let us qcast lots, that we may know on whose account this evil has come upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.
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|Jonas 1:8| Then they said to him, “Tell us on whose account this evil has come upon us. What is your occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? And of what people are you?”
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|Jonas 1:9| And he said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear rthe LORD, the God of heaven, swho made the sea and the dry land.”
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|Jonas 1:10| Then the men were exceedingly afraid and said to him, “What is this that you have done!” For the men knew that the was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.
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