1:1 The Lord said ¹  to Jonah son of Amittai, ²  1:3 Instead, Jonah immediately ³  headed off to Tarshish ⁴  to escape ⁵  from the commission of the Lord. ⁶  He traveled ⁷  to Joppa ⁸  and found a merchant ship heading ⁹  to Tarshish. ¹⁰  So he paid the fare ¹¹  and went aboard ¹²  it to go with them ¹³  to Tarshish ¹⁴  far away from the Lord. ¹⁵