Jonah 1:17

"The LORD prepared a huge fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights."

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From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Now the Lord had (literally “And the Lord”) prepared -Jonah (as appears from his thanksgiving) was not swallowed at once, but sank to the bottom of the sea, God preserving him in life there by miracle, as he did in the fish’s belly. Then, when the seaweed was twined around his head, and he seemed to be already buried until the sea should give up her dead, “God prepared the fish to swallow Jonah” .

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