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   August,   
      
    AA> I am familiar with the story. Thanks.  So, the reference to   
    AA> "needed space" refers to the cramped quarters of the fish's   
    AA> stomach? (BTW.. the original hebrew does not use the word   
    AA> whale.)   
      
     I would think so. It was basically "a large fish", and that could   
   have been anything...or "an extra large minnow" .   
      
    DS>   Unfortunately, for Ninevah, the repentance was apparently   
    DS>   short lived, as a short time later, they were back to   
    DS>   their iniquity...and this time, God did destroy them.   
      
    AA> I either forgot or didn't know about that part.   
      
     I forget exactly where it is, but like so many nations, they   
   "turned their back on God".   
      
    DS>   Well, I had thoughts about eating lunch until I typed   
    DS>   this reply. :P   
      
    AA> Hope your luch was worth the wait.   
      
     As a ham radio operator, I've been "cannibalistic" lately...eating   
   ham sandwiches (regular and black forest) . Portions of Arkansas   
   have from 1 to 2 feet of snow on the ground right now, and virtually   
   everything...roads, businesses, etc., are shut down.    
      
     There are scores of abandoned vehicles along the roads, and in some    
   areas, water mains have burst, creating a sheet of ice on the roads...   
   on top of the snow that was already there. Interstate 40, the main    
   east-west route through the country, is littered with wrecked and    
   abandoned vehicles either side of Little Rock.    
      
     Plus, the power companies have been doing "rolling blackouts"...so    
   far, I've been lucky. I saw where the city of Lufkin, Texas literally    
   "depleted its water supply". A warm-up is supposed to begin over the    
   weekend into next week...but warmer weather also leads to tornado    
   season.    
      
     Back to the deli sandwiches, I got several of the "Family Packs",   
   and am able to make up 8 sandwiches. I eat 2 per meal, then put the   
   others back for later meals...basically food for 2 days. Plus, doing   
   them on paper plates means there are no dishes to wash...and no hot   
   water to use. I'm just doing "a bird bath" until things warm up more.   
      
    AA> Lastly, there are other "changes" in the hebrew text that   
    AA> suggest that Jonah was in TWO great fishes: the first one (male)   
    AA> and large stomach and therefore refused to pray, and the second   
    AA> one (female) with much smaller stomach and therefore he began to   
    AA> pray.   
      
     Either way, he ended up going back to Ninevah "the hard way". :P   
      
   Daryl   
      
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