Jonah 1:3
“But, seeing it is from the Lord you flee, you taunt all runaways with the futility of their purpose. A certain bold prophet also had fled from the Lord, he had crossed over from Joppa in the direction of Tarsus, as if he could as easily transport himself away from God; but I find him, I do not say in the sea and on th…”
Source: Septuagint
3But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. And he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish: and he paid his fare, and went up into it, to sail with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.
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1Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
2Rise, and go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach in it; for the cry of its wickedness is come up to me.
— Jonah 1:3 —
4And the Lord raised up a wind on the sea; and there was a great storm on the sea, and the ship was in danger of being broken.
5And the sailors were alarmed, and cried every one to his god, and cast out the wares that were in the ship into the sea, that it might be lightened of them. But Jonah was gone down into the hold of the ship, and was asleep, and snored.