Jonah 1, with Jonah 2:1 and 2:10, follows Jonah, a man to whom the LORD speaks. He goes away by ship, and a great wind and a mighty storm come. The men on the ship cast lots, ask Jonah where he comes from, and throw him into the sea. A great fish swallows Jonah. Read the story, then the verse.
7 words you will really use: they appear in the story and in the exercises, and come back for review in the next stories.
wind
air that moves outside
noun
life
being alive; all the days that a person is alive
noun
fish
an animal that lives in water
noun
great
very big or very important
adjective
mighty
very strong
adjective
throw
to send someone or something through the air with force
verb
fear
to be afraid of someone, or to respect someone very much
verb
The moments of the story, in the order they happen.
The LORD tells Jonah to go to Nineveh, but Jonah goes away on a ship, and a mighty storm comes.
The men cast lots, the lot falls on Jonah, and he says that he fears the LORD.
The men cry to the LORD, throw Jonah into the sea, and the sea ceases its raging.
The LORD prepares a huge fish to swallow Jonah; Jonah prays, and the fish vomits him on the dry land.
The verse that closes the story, in the World English Bible. After 4 lessons, this is how you read it: the real text, with nothing simplified.
Jonah 1:17 · WEB
The LORD prepared a huge fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
One detail about the scene, with the work it comes from.
Where did Jonah find a ship? Jonah 1:3 says that Jonah went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jonah 1:3 say that Joppa was a key port city on the Mediterranean coast.
Source: World English Bible · Public domain; Tyndale Open Study Notes · CC BY-SA 4.0
First the whole story, in simple English with audio for every sentence. Then 4 short lessons, each with a piece of the story, a tip and exercises. At the end, the Bible verse and a little celebration.
Jonah 1:1 to 1:17, with Jonah 2:1 and Jonah 2:10, in the World English Bible.
He tells Jonah to go to Nineveh, that great city (Jonah 1:2).
Jonah rises to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and he finds a ship going to Tarshish (Jonah 1:3).
They ask him where he comes from, and he says that he fears the LORD (Jonah 1:8-9).
The sea ceases its raging (Jonah 1:15).
A huge fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah is in the belly of the fish three days and three nights (Jonah 1:17).
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