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# What is this that you have done?
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The men on the ship used this rhetorical question to show how angry they were at Jonah. Alternate translation: "You have done a terrible thing." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# he was running away from the presence of Yahweh
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Here Yahweh is represented by his presence. Jonah was seeking to escape Yahweh as if Yahweh was present only in the land of Israel. Alternate translation: "Jonah was running away from Yahweh" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# because he had told them.
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What he told them can be stated clearly. Alternate translation: "because he had said to them, 'I am trying to get away from Yahweh.'" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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