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Genesis 19:20

World English Bible

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.”

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Genesis 19:20 in other translations

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.

Genesis 19:20 · American Standard Version

Genesis 19:20 in context

  1. 18Lot said to them, “Oh, not so, my lord.
  2. 19See now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown to me in saving my life. I can’t escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die.
  3. 20See 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.”
  4. 21He said to him, “Behold, I have granted your request concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.
  5. 22Hurry, escape there, for I can’t do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.