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Now the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto Jonah[H3124] the son[H1121] of Amittai[H573], saying[H559],
2Arise[H6965], go[H3212] to Nineveh[H5210], that great[H1419]city[H5892], and cry[H7121] against it; for their wickedness[H7451] is come up[H5927]before[H6440] me.
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But Jonah[H3124] rose up[H6965] to flee[H1272] unto Tarshish[H8659] from the presence[H6440] of the LORD[H3068], and went down[H3381] to Joppa[H3305]; and he found[H4672] a ship[H591]going[H935] to Tarshish[H8659]: so he paid[H5414] the fare[H7939] thereof, and went down[H3381] into it, to go[H935] with them unto Tarshish[H8659] from the presence[H6440] of the LORD[H3068].
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But the LORD[H3068] sent out[H2904] a great[H1419]wind[H7307] into the sea[H3220], and there was a mighty[H1419]tempest[H5591] in the sea[H3220], so that the ship[H591] was like[H2803] to be broken[H7665].
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Then the mariners[H4419] were afraid[H3372], and cried[H2199] every man[H376] unto his god[H430], and cast forth[H2904] the wares[H3627] that were in the ship[H591] into the sea[H3220], to lighten[H7043] it of them. But Jonah[H3124] was gone down[H3381] into the sides[H3411] of the ship[H5600]; and he lay[H7901], and was fast asleep[H7290].
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So the shipmaster[H7227]came[H7126] to him, and said[H559] unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper?[H7290]arise[H6965], call[H7121] upon thy God[H430], if so be that God[H430] will think[H6245] upon us, that we perish[H6] not.
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And they said[H559] every one[H376] to his fellow[H7453], Come[H3212], and let us cast[H5307]lots[H1486], that we may know[H3045] for whose cause[H7945] this evil[H7451] is upon us. So they cast[H5307]lots[H1486], and the lot[H1486]fell[H5307] upon Jonah[H3124].
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Then said[H559] they unto him, Tell[H5046] us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil[H7451] is upon us; What is thine occupation?[H4399] and whence[H370]comest[H935] thou? what is thy country?[H776] and of what people[H5971] art thou?
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And he said[H559] unto them, I am an Hebrew[H5680]; and I fear[H3373] the LORD[H3068], the God[H430] of heaven[H8064], which hath made[H6213] the sea[H3220] and the dry[H3004] land.
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Then were the men[H582]exceedingly[H1419]afraid[H3372], and said[H559] unto him, Why hast thou done[H6213] this? For the men[H582]knew[H3045] that he fled[H1272] from the presence[H6440] of the LORD[H3068], because he had told[H5046] them.
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Then said[H559] they unto him, What shall we do[H6213] unto thee, that the sea[H3220] may be calm[H8367] unto us? for the sea[H3220]wrought[H1980], and was tempestuous[H5590].
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And he said[H559] unto them, Take me up[H5375], and cast me forth[H2904] into the sea[H3220]; so shall the sea[H3220] be calm[H8367] unto you: for I know[H3045] that for my sake[H7945] this great[H1419]tempest[H5591] is upon you.
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Nevertheless the men[H582] rowed hard[H2864] to bring[H7725] it to the land[H3004]; but they could[H3201] not: for the sea[H3220]wrought[H1980], and was tempestuous[H5590] against them.
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Wherefore they cried[H7121] unto the LORD[H3068], and said[H559], We beseech thee[H577], O LORD[H3068], we beseech thee[H577], let us not perish[H6] for this man's life[H5315], and lay[H5414] not upon us innocent[H5355]blood[H1818]: for thou, O LORD[H3068], hast done[H6213] as it pleased[H2654]thee[H577].
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So they took up[H5375]Jonah[H3124], and cast him forth[H2904] into the sea[H3220]: and the sea[H3220]ceased[H5975] from her raging[H2197].
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Then the men[H582]feared[H3372] the LORD[H3068]exceedingly[H1419], and offered[H2076] a sacrifice[H2077] unto the LORD[H3068], and made[H5087]vows[H5088].
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Now the LORD[H3068] had prepared[H4487] a great[H1419]fish[H1709] to swallow up[H1104]Jonah[H3124]. And Jonah[H3124] was in the belly[H4578] of the fish[H1709]three[H7969]days[H3117] and three[H7969]nights[H3915].