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But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
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He prayed to Yahweh, and said, "Please, Yahweh, wasn`t this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and you repent of the evil.
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Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live."