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Title: The Story of the Prophet Jonas

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The Story of the prophet Jonas first translated from Hebrew to English
by William Tyndale, published in 1531. This edition has the same wording,
but modernized spelling.

The Story of the prophet Jonas.

The first Chapter.

The word of the lord came unto the prophet Jonas the son of
Amithai saying: rise and get thee to Nineve 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 Joppe, 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, whe