God sends a great storm and the sailors throw Jonah overboard and he is promptly swallowed by the whale. Jonah spends three days in the whale's stomach praying to God for forgiveness and when a ...

If something alive is swallowed by a whale, there is always some air for survival, and digestive activity will not begin as long as it is alive. Thus, Jonah's experience could possibly have taken ...

The whale burps and out comes Jonah! He travels to Ninevah and delivers the message to the King. He is also sorry and God forgives him as he believes Jonah has learned a valuable lesson.

Sign up for Forwarding the News, the Forward’s morning newsletter with all the news and analysis that matters to American Jews each day. The biblical story of Jonah ...

A kayaker spent nearly 3 seconds inside a whale, and although it didn't come close to Jonah's three-day record, it likely felt just as long. Adrián Simancas had been kayaking in Chile's Strait of ...

God sends a great storm and the sailors throw Jonah overboard and he is promptly swallowed by the whale. Jonah spends three days in the whale's stomach praying to God for forgiveness and when a ...