Genesis 19:20

See now, this village is near enough to run to, and it is small. Oh, let me escape there, and my life will be saved.”

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In The King James Version

Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, ( is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.

In Context

19See, your servant has found favor with you, and you have shown great mercy to me in saving my life. But I cannot flee to the heights. Some evil will overtake me and I will die.

21He answered, “I have also granted you this favor, in that I will not destroy the village of which you have spoken.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:30Then Lot went up from Zoar with his two daughters and lived in a cave on the heights, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar.

Amos 3:6Can a trumpet be blown in a city and the people not tremble? Can disaster strike a city and the Lord not have caused it?

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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