1Now the word of Jehovah came to Jonah, the son of Amittai, saying,

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Luke 11:29, Luke 11:30, Luke 11:32, Luke 11:29, Luke 11:30

2Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

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Genesis 10:11, Genesis 10:11, Nahum 1:1, Isaiah 58:1, Genesis 18:20

3But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah; and he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish, and paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah.

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Psalms 139:7, Psalms 139:12, Psalms 139:7, Psalms 139:12, Joshua 19:46

4But Jehovah sent forth a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken in pieces.

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Psalms 107:23, Psalms 107:31, Psalms 107:23, Psalms 107:31, Matthew 8:24

5Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man to his god. And they cast forth the things that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah had gone down to the lower part of the ship, and he lay and was fast asleep.

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Acts 27:18, Acts 27:19, Acts 27:18, Acts 27:19, 1 Kings 18:26

6And the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? Arise, call upon thy God! Perhaps God will think upon us, that we perish not.

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Jonah 3:9, Jonah 3:9, 2 Samuel 12:22, 2 Samuel 12:22, Psalms 107:28

7And they said one to another, come, and let us cast lots, that we may know on whose account this evil is upon us! And they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

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Proverbs 16:33, Proverbs 16:33, Joshua 7:13, Joshua 7:18, Joshua 7:13

8Then said they to him, Tell us, we pray thee, on whose account this evil is upon us. What is thy business? And whence comest thou? What is thy country? And of what people art thou?

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Genesis 47:3, Genesis 47:3, 1 Samuel 30:13, 1 Samuel 30:13, Joshua 7:19

9And he said to them, I am a Hebrew; and I fear Jehovah, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.

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Psalms 146:5, Psalms 146:6, Psalms 146:5, Psalms 146:6, Psalms 95:5

10Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said to him, Wherefore hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of Jehovah, because he had told them.

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Jonah 1:3, Jonah 1:3, Job 27:22, Job 27:22, 2 Samuel 24:3

11Then said they to him, What shall we do to thee, that the sea may be calm to us? For the sea grew more and more tempestuous.

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Micah 6:6, Micah 6:7, 2 Samuel 21:1, 2 Samuel 21:6, 1 Samuel 6:2

12And he said to them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; and the sea shall be calm to you. For I know that because of me this great tempest is upon you.

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2 Samuel 24:17, 2 Samuel 24:17, 1 Chronicles 21:17, Joshua 7:12, 1 Chronicles 21:17

13Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring the ship to the land; but they could not; for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.

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Proverbs 21:30, Proverbs 21:30, Job 34:29, Job 34:29

14And they cried to Jehovah, and said, We beseech thee, O Jehovah, we beseech thee, let us not perish for the life of this man, and lay not upon us innocent blood! For thou, O Jehovah, hast done as it pleased thee.

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Psalms 115:3, Psalms 115:3, Psalms 135:6, Psalms 135:6, Deuteronomy 21:8

15And they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging.

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Psalms 107:29, Luke 8:24, Psalms 107:29, Luke 8:24, Psalms 89:9

16Then the men feared Jehovah exceedingly, and offered sacrifice to Jehovah, and made vows.

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Genesis 8:20, Psalms 50:14, Psalms 116:14, Daniel 6:26, Psalms 107:22

17Now Jehovah had appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

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Matthew 12:40, Matthew 12:40, Luke 11:30, Luke 11:30, Matthew 16:4