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The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible is an animated film series produced by Hanna-Barbera that tells of three young adventurers who travel back in time to biblical events, released between 1985 and 1992. Music by Hoyt Curtin.

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00:00While surveying the site of some ancient ruins, two young archaeologists, Derek and Margo,

00:21and their nomad, Mokey, find themselves trapped and sinking in a whirling pool of sand.

00:37And when the dust settles, they stare up in awe at a vast chamber filled with giant relics

00:43and artifacts from another civilization.

00:48Right there, at the far end of the cavern, a door with a strange inscription.

00:53All who enter these portals pass through time.

01:18This is the upper end of the Jordan River.

01:45What do you say we sit down here and rest while we enjoy the view?

01:52It flows through the length of Israel to the Dead Sea.

01:54Hey, you guys, if we're going to travel through Israel, I wish we could hitch a boat ride

01:59on this river instead of walking all the way.

02:01Hey, that's a good idea.

02:03There's some fishermen down there.

02:05I'll ask if one of them is sailing downriver and might take us.

02:09Let's skip the Dead Sea part, okay?

02:13My friends and I were wondering if you might be sailing downriver and could let us sail

02:17with you.

02:18No, young man, I'm not sailing downriver, but if you can use this old boat, you're welcome

02:22to it.

02:23I was going to chop it up for firewood.

02:25Hey, that's wonderful.

02:28Thank you, thank you.

02:29Come on, guys, we own a boat.

02:34That's great.

02:35Let's go.

02:41He gave you that piece of junk and you took it?

02:44Hey, you're the kid that wanted a boat ride.

02:47Yes, Moki, be thankful for the man's generosity.

02:51I'm sorry.

02:54Margo, why don't you stay with the boat while Moki and I go to the village and hunt for

02:58food for our trip?

02:59Moki, you go that way and I'll go this.

03:02We'll meet back here in an hour.

03:03You got it.

03:05I was only able to get some fruit and a loaf of bread.

03:16Well, that's better than nothing.

03:18Maybe Moki will be luckier.

03:19He's a real scrounger.

03:20Hey, easy there.

03:21Watch it.

03:22I need that here.

03:30Does this little heathen belong to you?

03:32Yes, he's with us.

03:34What's wrong?

03:35What did he do?

03:36He came into my inn, ate five fish dinners, drank three tankards of goat's milk and did

03:42not pay.

03:43He said he had a ship to catch and had no time to work off the bill.

03:47He said the ship's captain would see I was paid from cargo aboard the ship.

03:51Are you the captain of the ship?

03:54I guess so.

03:58Where's your ship?

04:01Oh, and where's your cargo?

04:07Well, I see I shall have a young servant to clean up my inn for quite a while.

04:12Or go to debtor's prison.

04:16Whoa!

04:23Moki, sometimes you are a real Jonah.

04:33He's a Jonah?

04:36You can say that again.

04:38Well, this makes a difference.

04:41His relative is an important man.

04:44Come, we will ask him to settle the bill.

04:47Well, we're not going sailing.

04:49So let's go see who the innkeeper thinks Moki is related to.

04:54Moki, why did Derek call me a Jonah?

04:57I think it's an old saying sailors use to describe someone who brings bad luck on board a ship.

05:02Oh, I get it now.

05:20Samson, what is it?

05:25Ah, Micah, welcome.

05:28What brings you here and who are your friends?

05:31Oh, they're travelers.

05:33But this one owes me money for five fish dinners.

05:36And unless someone pays me for the food he ate, he shall go to debtor's prison.

05:41But he bears your name.

05:44Surely a prophet would not let his kin go to prison.

05:48What is your name, son?

05:51Moki, and this is Margo and Derek.

05:54His friends call him Jonah.

05:56And he owes me ten shekels.

05:59Ten shekels?

06:01You must have had a banquet.

06:05Here, Micah.

06:07And thank you for bringing my relative here.

06:11Young man, anyone who can talk Micah into giving them something for nothing deserves a reward.

06:18It will soon be nightfall.

06:20Why don't you all stay the night in my home?

06:23My housekeeper will prepare supper for you and food for your journey tomorrow.

06:28Oh, thank you.

06:30That's great. I could use a good night's sleep.

06:33Supper sounds wonderful.

06:35I'm not very hungry.

06:38Martha, these are my guests. Prepare some food and places for them to sleep.

06:42Yes, sir.

06:58Mmm.

07:00Oh, that bed felt good.

07:04Hey, sleepyheads, rise and shine.

07:11Come on, Moki. Another day, another adventure.

07:22The master hopes you slept well.

07:24I have prepared your morning meal, and here is food to take with you on your journey.

07:29Please thank our host for us. Is he still sleeping?

07:32Oh, no. The prophet was up at dawn.

07:35He is in the garden where he is writing his great experiences for the sacred records of our people.

07:43Derek, how dumb can we be?

07:46Don't you see who our host is?

07:49Huh?

07:50He's the prophet Jonah.

07:52You mean the Bible prophet Jonah? The one who...

07:55Right. That's why when you called Moki a Jonah, the innkeeper thought Moki was his relative.

08:01I'm a Moki, not a Jonah.

08:07What he's writing is what got put into the Bible. You know, the Book of Jonah.

08:13He wrote a book? He's famous, huh?

08:16Real famous.

08:17Hey, maybe we are related.

08:20We can't tell him that we know his story, but wouldn't it be wonderful to hear it from him personally?

08:25Yeah, let's ask.

08:37Good morning. Are you on your way?

08:39Yeah, and thanks for your hospitality.

08:42And for the bed and breakfast, too.

08:44Your housekeeper told us that you're writing your great experiences for the sacred records.

08:49We'd love to hear them before we go. Would you tell us?

08:53Well, there are things in my story that I'm not too proud of, but I have learned much since then.

09:00Sit down, and I will tell you.

09:03Several years ago, as a young man,

09:08I was sleeping when God spoke to me.

09:12Jonah. Jonah.

09:17Arise, Jonah.

09:20Go to Nineveh, that great city. Preach to the people.

09:24Their wickedness has come up to me.

09:27Warn them to turn from their sins.

09:32As God spoke, I saw the wickedness of the city.

09:46Wickedness! Wickedness!

10:04I did not want to go to Nineveh.

10:09The Ninevites worship idols.

10:12They do not know the true God.

10:14They are enemies of Israel. They will not listen.

10:21I'll not go to Nineveh.

10:23I shall go to Joppa on the great sea,

10:25and take a ship in the opposite direction.

10:27And maybe I can get far enough away from God

10:30that He will not remind me to go preach to the wicked Ninevites.

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11:09Who is the captain of this ship?

11:11I am.

11:12I would like to pay passage to Tarshish.

11:16Well, you are in luck.

11:18We are sailing to Tarshish within the hour,

11:20when the cargo is loaded.

11:22You may go aboard now.

11:30He looks as though he's running away from someone.

11:33Probably his wife.

11:38You see, my young friends,

11:40I was running away from God,

11:42and I thought by going deep into the hold of the ship

11:45and going to sleep, that I could hide from Him.

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12:23Strike the sail!

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12:36Man the oars! We must row out of this!

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12:54The gods of the sea and wind are angry with us.

12:57Throw the cargo into the sea as a sacrifice to the gods!

13:01Let this stormlight cease!

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13:20Get up!

13:22Call upon your God that He takes notice of us,

13:24that we do not drown!

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13:30When evil has come upon us, there is causeless!

13:33Let us cast lots to see who it is!

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13:40Who are you? To what people do you belong?

13:44What God do you worship?

13:46What have you done?

13:48I am called Jonah, a Hebrew.

13:50I worship the Lord God who made the sea and the land.

13:54I disobeyed God and was running away trying to hide from Him.

13:58What shall we do to recalm the sea?

14:00It is because of my sin that God has brought about this storm.

14:04Throw me into the sea and the storm will cease!

14:07No! We shall row out of this!

14:10Pull hard on the oars that we row out of this storm!

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14:20Captain, it is no use!

14:23Do not punish us for this man's sins!

14:26We will do what he says if this will calm this terrible storm!

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14:34Aah!

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14:43The sea began to calm and I was tangled in seaweed

14:46and began to sink into the depths and was prepared to drown

14:50when a great fish, which God had created, came upon me and swallowed me.

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15:08And you drowned?

15:10Well, almost, Moki, but not quite.

15:13You see, Moki, there was air in the whale's belly and Jonah could breathe.

15:17Yes, Derek, I could breathe, but it wasn't a whale.

15:21It was a great fish God created for this purpose.

15:25Nothing is impossible for God. He created everything.

15:30How did you get out?

15:32I'm coming to that, Moki.

15:35I was inside the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights.

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15:50I prayed to God and I asked for His forgiveness and said,

15:54if I were delivered from the fish's belly, I would do as He commanded.

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16:05Oh, Lord, my God, have mercy on me that I might be delivered from the depths

16:11and I vow that I will do what You have commanded of me.

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16:40Jonah, arise.

16:44Go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach repentance to them as I told you before.

16:55Needless to say, I began walking the long journey to Nineveh.

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17:26What do you think of this man?

17:29I give five shackles.

17:30I give ten.

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17:53You people of Nineveh!

17:56I have been sent by the Lord God to warn you.

18:00Nineveh will be destroyed for your wickedness.

18:05Destroyed?

18:10I went throughout the city telling people that God was angry

18:14for they had sinned against Him and they must repent or be destroyed

18:19for God will not be mocked.

18:23I'm told he's called a prophet sent by God to warn us.

18:27But destroy Nineveh when we have walls 60 miles around and 100 feet high?

18:33And thick enough for three chariots to ride abreast on top of them.

18:37But he says his God could destroy Nineveh in a day, in an hour.

18:42Come, I think we should tell the king about this man and his predictions.

18:48His Majesty will see you.

18:50But be quick, as he is busy with the affairs of state.

18:59Well, what is it?

19:01Majesty, we felt you should know that there is a man going about the city

19:07preaching repentance.

19:09He's speaking of a prophet.

19:11We felt you should know that there is a man going about the city

19:15preaching repentance.

19:17He says we've sinned against his God.

19:20And because of this our great city will be destroyed within 40 days.

19:27Quiet!

19:30Who is this man?

19:32Jonah is his name, Your Majesty.

19:34He's called a prophet.

19:36The Hebrew prophet Jonah?

19:38The Israelite King Jeroboam has believed this man's words.

19:44We must do as he says, lest his God destroy us for our sins.

19:50It is my decree that all in Nineveh shall put on sackcloth and ashes

19:55and fast for a period, neither eating or drinking

19:59and cease all wickedness and violence.

20:08Amen.

20:10Amen.

20:34I left the city to wait and see its destruction by fire and brimstone.

20:39Oh boy, I bet that was an awful sight.

20:42No, Moki, it didn't happen.

20:45I was angry with God.

20:47I had prophesied Nineveh's destruction.

20:50They were enemies of Israel and God spared them.

20:59As I sat above the city in my anger with the sun beating upon me

21:03and the hot wind of the desert blowing upon me,

21:06a vine of wild gourd sprang up, shading and cooling me.

21:13I was happy with this gift from God and felt that he was sorry

21:18and had done this to appease my anger.

21:36But in the night, worms came and ate the vine.

21:46Again the hot sun and desert wind beat upon me

21:50and again I was angry and even wished I could die.

21:54And then God spoke to me.

21:57Jonah, were you angry to see the gourd vine die?

22:02Yes, angry enough to die.

22:04You had pity for the vine that you neither planted or caused to grow,

22:08that it came up in a night and then perished in a night.

22:11And should I not spare Nineveh, that great city of 120,000 people,

22:18who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and much cattle?

22:25It was then I learned a great lesson.

22:28God loves all his children.

22:31Our enemies may not be his enemies,

22:34and when any of his children repent, he blesses them.

22:39Well, my friends, that is my story.

22:43Now, I guess you are continuing your journey?

22:46Yeah, I think we'll have to get moving.

22:49That's a wonderful story, Jonah.

22:53Yes, and a real lesson. Thanks for everything.

22:57Come on, guys, time to travel.

22:59Goodbye.

23:00Oh, and I don't mind being called Jonah.

23:10Hey, wait a minute.

23:16Jonah's little dog ate all our food.

23:20Samson, go home.

23:23Well, looks like we'll have to go hunt for food for our journey again.

23:27Hey, I know where we can get free fish dinners.

23:31Mokey!

23:34Just kidding, Derek, just kidding.

23:36Come back here, you little scrounger.

23:43Boys will be boys.

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