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Biblical Character Involved With Downs For John Dawson Crossword Clue

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• (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship; he was saved by being swallowed by a whale that vomited him out onto dry land

• a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him

• a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale

39%9 Named after Sir John William Dawson, a Canadian geologist and principal of McGill University
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39%15 A term used in biblical studies to refer to a text that is ascribed to a biblical figure but is not actually part of the biblical canon
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