Genesis 19:20

Behold now, this city is nigh, to flee there; and it is (but) small; let me now escape thither. Is it not small? And my life shall be sustained.

Targum Onkelos

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

19behold now, Thy servant hath found mercy before Thee, and Thou hast magnified Thy goodness which Thou hast shown me in saving my life, and I cannot take refuge in the mountain, lest evil befall me, and I die.

21And He said to him, Behold, I have accepted thee in this thing also, in that I will not overthrow the city for which thou hast prayed.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:30And Lot went up from Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him: for he feared to dwell in Zoar; and he dwelt in a cavern, he and his two daughters.

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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