Jonah Chapter 1 verse 1 Holy Bible
Now the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
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And the word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amittai, saying,
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And the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
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Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
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Now the word of Yahweh came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
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And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jonah son of Amittai, saying:
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 1. - Now; or, and. Some have argued from this commencement that the Book of Jonah is a fragment, the continuation of a larger work; but it is a common formulary, linking together revelations and histories, and is continually used in the Old Testament at the beginning of independent works; e.g. Joshua 1:1; Judges 1:1; 1 Samuel 1:1; Esther 1:1; Ezekiel 1:1. Jonah the son of Amittai (2 Kings 14:25). (See Introduction, ยง II.)
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersJONAH'S DISOBEDIENCE AND PUNISHMENT.(1) Now . . .--More strictly, And; but the English quite adequately represents the Hebrew style of beginning a narrative, whether it formed a book by itself, or merely continued an historical account. (See the opening of Exodus, Leviticus, and other historical books; Ezekiel 1:1; and comp. 1Kings 17:1, &c.)Jonah the son of Amittai.--See Introduction.