Genesis 19:22
Haste thee, flee to escape there; for I cannot do anything till thou arrive there. Therefore the shem of the Ir was called Tzoar. + 19:22 sounds like mitzar
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
23The shemesh rose over ha'aretz when Lot entered Tzoar.
Cross References
Genesis 13:10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Yarden, that it was well watered everywhere, before Hashem destroyed Sodom and Amora, even as the Gan Hashem, like Eretz Mitzrayim, as you go to Tzoar.
Genesis 32:25And Ya'akov was left by himself; and there wrestled an ish with him until the shachar (dawn, sunup).
Deuteronomy 9:14Let Me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their shem from under Shomayim; and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
Psalms 91:1He that dwelleth in the seter Elyon (covering, hiding place of the Most High) 1 shall abide under the tzel Shaddai (shadow of the Almighty). 1
Isaiah 65:8Thus saith Hashem: 1 As the tirosh is found in the cluster, 1 and one saith: Destroy it not; 1 for a brocha is in it; 1 so will I do in behalf of My Servants, 1 that I may not destroy them all. 1
Mark 6:5And he was not able there to do many nissim (miracles), except on a few cholim (sick people) he laid (his) hands and administered refuah (healing) to 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 →