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Genesis · Chapter 19

Genesis 19:22

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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Before · Genesis 19:20–21

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.” 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.

22Hurry, escape there, for I can’t do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

After · Genesis 19:23–24

23The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar. 24Then the LORD rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the LORD out of the sky.

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  • FootnoteZoar means “little”.

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