Genesis 19:22
Hurry and be saved there. For I cannot do anything until you enter there.” For this reason, the name of that city is called Zoar.
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In The King James Version
In Context
23The sun had risen over the land, and Lot had entered into Zoar.
Cross References
Genesis 13:10And so Lot, lifting up his eyes, saw all the region around the Jordan, which was thoroughly irrigated, before the Lord overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It was like the Paradise of the Lord, and it was like Egypt, approaching toward Zoar.
Genesis 32:25And when he saw that he would not be able to overcome him, he touched the nerve of his thigh, and immediately it withered.
Deuteronomy 9:14Depart from me, so that I may crush them, and abolish their name from under heaven, and appoint you over a nation, which will be greater and stronger than this one.’
Psalms 91:1A Canticle Psalm. On the day of the Sabbath.
Isaiah 65:8Thus says the Lord: In the same way as it is said about a grain found in a cluster, “Do not destroy it, because it is a blessing,” so will I act for the sake of my servants, so that I may not destroy the whole.
Mark 6:5And he was not able to perform any miracles there, except that he cured a few of the infirm by laying his hands on them.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 19:16-24
15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. 16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. 17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind… Read the whole commentary →