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"Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.”(This incident explains why the town was called Zoar.)"
— Genesis 19:22, NET Bible
“Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.”
“Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. ”
“Hurry, escape there, for I can't do anything until you get there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.”
“Make haste, and be saved there: because I cannot do any thing till thou go in thither. Therefore the name of that city was called Segor.”
“Go there quickly, for I am not able to do anything till you have come there. For this reason, the town was named Zoar.”
“Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.”
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.
Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the LORD.
So he overthrew those cities and all that region, including all the inhabitants of the cities and the vegetation that grew from the ground.