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Genesis 19:22

World English Bible

Hurry, escape there, for I can’t do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

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Genesis 19:22 in other translations

Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

Genesis 19:22 · American Standard Version

Genesis 19:22 in context

  1. 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.”
  2. 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.
  3. 22Hurry, escape there, for I can’t do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
  4. 23The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar.
  5. 24Then Yahweh rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah sulfur and fire from Yahweh out of the sky.