How Gods Action of Punishment in Genesis and Jonah Seem Different Physically but are Quite Similar in Reality It is no surprise to the readers of the Bible that God is not subtle with punishing the sinners that he comes across. Throughout many of the Books included in the Bible, the readers see God act in various ways when it comes to the punishments he gives, never giving the same punishment twice. For example, he punishes he prophet Isaiah to walk naked for 3 years straight, he punishes Cain by leaving a mark upon him for killing his brother Abel, he punishes Adam and Eve by banishing them from the Garden of Eden, and he also punishes Jonah by making him stay inside the belly of a Great Fish for three days and three nights. Considering the last two punishments mentioned, it seems to many that the two punishments have no resemblance with each other. One punishment is banishment from a place, while the other punishment is being …show more content…
In Genesis 3, the readers see that Eve betrays Gods wishes and takes fruit from the Tree of Knowledge and shares and eats it with Adam when they are both told specifically not to do so. Even though she is tricked by the serpent, who is Satan in disguise, God does not forgive her so easily and takes it out on both Adam and Eve. If these two had not betrayed Gods wishes, then God would have had no reason to punish them, but since they did the opposite of what God said, he found it fit to punish them. In Jonah, Jonah was told by God to go to Nineveh and cry against it. Instead of doing this, Jonah gets on a ship, pays a fare, and goes in the opposite direction of Nineveh. This is exactly what Jonah was not supposed to do which is why God punishes him by making him stay in the belly of a great fish for three days and three nights. All three people that got punished became punished for the same reason: betraying Gods wishes and making God act in the same way for both