Stop 1 of 4
Joppa
Jaffa, Tel Aviv
Jonah pays the fare and boards a ship going the opposite way.
- Distance travelled
- approx. 0 km
- Travel estimate
- Starting point
Probable location · approximate route along known terrain and travel corridors
The shortest journey on the map and the most stubborn: Joppa and the ship for Tarshish, the storm, the fish, and finally the long walk to Nineveh. (c. 780 BC)
Why the geography matters
The geography exposes Jonah's flight: he boards west for Tarshish while God's call points east to Nineveh.
Jonah 1–4 · Jonah
4 stops · about 5,763 km along the drawn route
Toward Tarshish · Jonah 1:3 · 2,345 km
The far west — as far from Nineveh as a ship could take him.
Back on dry land · Jonah 2:10 · 4,690 km
The storm, the lots, the sea, the fish, and three days inside it.