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Title: The Story Of The Prophet Jonas

Author: Anonymous

Translator: William Tyndale

Release Date: December 29, 2008 [EBook #27654]

Language: English

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THE STORY OF THE PROPHET JONAS.

William Tyndale 1531 translation.

Spelling has been modernized, but nothing else altered.

Note:
This file is the public domain version of Project Gutenberg eBook #12076

The first Chapter.

The word of the Lord came unto the prophet Jonas the son of
Amithai saying: rise and get thee to Ninevehh that great city and preach
unto them, how that their wickedness is come up before me.

And Jonas made him ready to flee to Tharsis from the presence
of the Lord, and gat him down to Joppa, and found there a ship ready to
go to Tharsis, and paid his fare, and went aboard, to go with them to
Tharsis from the presence of the Lord.

But the Lord hurled a great wind in to the sea, so that there
was a mighty tempest in the sea: insomuch that the ship was like to go
in pieces. And the mariners were afraid and cried every man unto his
god, and cast out the goods that were in the ship in to the sea, to
lighten it of them. But Jonas gat him under the hatches and laid him
down and slumbered. And the master of the ship came to him and said
unto him, why slumberest thou? up! and call unto thy god, that God may
think on us, that we perish not.

And they said one to another, come and let us cast lots, to
know for whose cause we are thus troubled. And they cast lots. And the
lot fell upon Jonas.

Then they said unto him, tell us for whose cause we are thus
troubled: what is thine occupation, whence comest thou, how is thy
country called, and of what nation art thou?

And he answered them, I am an Hebrew: and the Lord God of
heaven which made both sea and dry land, I fear. Then were the men
exceedingly afraid and said unto him, why didst thou so? For they knew
that he was fled from the presence of the Lord, because he had told
them.

Then they unto him, what shall we do unto th