Genesis 19:22
But hurry up and run there quickly, because I can't do anything until you get there.” (This is why the town was called Zoar.)
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In Context
21“Fine—I'll do as you ask,” he replied. “I won't destroy this town you've mentioned.
23The sun had already risen by the time Lot reached Zoar.
Cross References
Genesis 13:10Lot looked over the whole Jordan valley towards Zoar, and saw that it was well-watered, looking like the Garden of Eden, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Genesis 32:25When the man realized he couldn't beat Jacob, he hit Jacob's hip socket and put it out of joint as he wrestled with him.
Deuteronomy 9:14Leave me, so that I can destroy them and wipe out their name completely. Then I will turn you into a nation even more powerful and more important than them.”
Psalms 91:1Those who live under the protection of the Most High are kept safe by the Almighty.
Isaiah 65:8This is what the Lord says: It's like when there's a bit of juice left in a bunch of grapes and people say, “Don't get rid of it all; there's still some good in it.” I'll do the same for my servants—I won't destroy them all.
Mark 6:5The result was that Jesus could not do any miracles there, except to heal a few sick people.
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 →