Preparing
 

Just a quick comment about the word "prepare". I do prepare myself for work every morning. Do I have my lunch, do I have my laptop, am I wearing appropriate clothing, etc.

So when God "prepared" the great fish, He may have "gotten it ready" to swallow up Jonah, perhaps by making it very hungry and moving it into position.

Doug A.

Magicref,

what is interesting is that we are told in the NT by Jesus that the great fish is a whale and you will follow whale to Gen 1 and you will see the Whales were specifically said to be created. God has prepared everything from the foundation of the world. Even the good works that you should walk in according to Eph 2:10