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Genesis 19:22

But run quickly. I will not do anything until you are safe in that little town called Zoar.” In that language Zoar means Little.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

21The angel answered, “Ok, I will let you go to that little town. I will not burn it up and you will be safe there.

23Just as Lot and his daughters got to Zoar, the sun came up. Then the Lord sent burning stone called sulfur down from the sky onto Sodom and Gomorrah. Both those towns and all the plain country around them was burnt. All the people, all the plants and every living thing there died.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:10Lot looked towards a town called Zoar in the plain country that was around the Jordan River. He saw that there was plenty of grass and water. He thought it looked just like God's Garden, and the country in Egypt too. So Lot picked all the plain country to the east, and Abram stayed up in the hill country called Canaan. Lot moved away from Abram and there was no more trouble. In the plain country around the Jordan River there were a lot of towns, and Abram's nephew made his camp near one of those towns called Sodom. When Lot picked that country next to the Jordan River it was really beautiful. But some time later the Lord burnt the 2 towns called Sodom and Gomorrah. And he burnt all the plain country around them too.

Genesis 32:25The man could not beat Jacob, so he hit Jacob on the hip so that he could not walk properly anymore.

Mark 6:5The people in his home town did not believe in Jesus, so he could not do any really powerful things for them. But he did touch a few sick people and make them better.

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 →

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