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"Look, this town over here is close enough to escape to, and it’s just a little one. Let me go there. It’s just a little place, isn’t it? Then I’ll survive.”"
— Genesis 19:20, NET Bible
“Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.”
“behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape thither (is it not a little one?), and my soul shall live. ”
“See now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there (isn't it a little one?), and my soul will live."”
“There is this city here at hand, to which I may flee, it is a little one, and I shall be saved in it: is it not a little one, and my soul shall live?”
“This town, now, is near, and it is a little one: O, let me go there (is it not a little one?) so that my life may be safe.”
“Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.”
When they had brought them outside, they said,“Run for your lives! Don’t look behind you or stop anywhere in the valley! Escape to the mountains or you will be destroyed!”
But Lot said to them,“No, please, Lord!
Your servant has found favor with you, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I am not able to escape to the mountains because this disaster will overtake me and I’ll die.
Look, this town over here is close enough to escape to, and it’s just a little one. Let me go there. It’s just a little place, isn’t it? Then I’ll survive.”
“Very well,” he replied,“I will grant this request too and will not overthrow the town you mentioned.
Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.”(This incident explains why the town was called Zoar.)
The sun had just risen over the land as Lot reached Zoar.