Genesis 19:22
Haste, escape thither; for I cannot do anything until thou be come thither. Therefore be called the name of the city Zoar.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
23The sun had come forth upon the earth, and Lot entered Zoar.
Cross References
Genesis 13:10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of Yardena that it was altogether a watered place, before the Lord had destroyed Sedom and Amorah, as the garden of the Lord, as the land of Mizraim coming unto Zoar.
Genesis 32:25And Jakob remained alone; and a Man wrestled with him till the morning ascended.
Deuteronomy 9:14Cease from thy prayer before me, and I will destroy them, and blot out their name from under the heavens, and I will make thee for a people stronger and greater than they.
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 →