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21 lines
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# the sailors
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the men who worked on the ship
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# his own god
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Here "god" refers to false gods and idols that people worship.
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# They threw the ship's cargo into the sea to lighten it.
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The cargo is the things they were taking to Tarshish. The men did this to keep the ship from sinking.
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# But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the ship
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"But Jonah had gone down inside the ship." He did this before the storm started.
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# was lying there deeply asleep
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"was lying there fast asleep" or "was lying there and sleeping deeply."
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