Genesis 19:22

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Genesis 19:22

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.

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KJV

King James Version

Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

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WEB

World English Bible

Hurry, escape there, for I can’t do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

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ASV

American Standard Version

Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Genesis 19

²⁰ Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”

²¹ “Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.

²² Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.

²³ And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.

²⁴ Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

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