Holy Scripture
Jonah 4:5
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“"So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city." LXX: similar. Cain who initiated civilisation by fratricide and homicide in killing his brother was the first to build a city, and he gave…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
5And Jonah went out from the city, and sat over against the city; and he made for himself there a booth, and he sat under it, until he should perceive what would become of the city.
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3And now, Lord God, take my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
4And the Lord said to Jonah, Art thou very much grieved?
— Jonah 4:5 —
6And the Lord God commanded a gourd, and it came up over the head of Jonah, to be a shadow over his head, to shade him from his calamities: and Jonah rejoiced with great joy for the gourd.
7And God commanded a worm the next morning, and it smote the gourd, and it withered away.