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Gourd: Jonah's, Believed to be a Vine Resembling the American Squash, Used in Assyria to Cover Huts Jonah 4:6–10

So the LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant. / When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered. / As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”