Genesis 19:20
18 But Lot replied, “No, my lords, please!
19 Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.
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.
Her forteller Bibelen en historie om noen andre. Spør deg selv hva den kan si oss i dag. Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.
Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Se, byen der borte er nær og lett å flykte til, og den er liten; la meg da flykte dit - er den ikke liten? - så jeg kan berge livet!
- OTB
- Se, her er en by nær nok til å flykte til, og den er liten. Vennligst, la meg flykte dit—er den ikke liten?—så mitt liv kan bli spart."
- B1930
- Se, byen der borte er nær og lett å fly til, og den er liten; la mig da fly dit - er den ikke liten? - så jeg kan berge livet!
- BSB
- 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.”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- See now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there (isn’t it a little one?), and my soul will live.”
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- Behold now, this city is near to flee to, and it is small: I pray thee, let me escape thither is it not small? and my soul shall live.
- BLB
- Behold, please, this city [is] near to flee there, and it [is] a small place. Let me escape there, please. Is it not a small place? And my soul shall live!”
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Kryssreferanser
Psalms 119:175
Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 3:5–7
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
Les i sammenhengIsaiah 55:3
Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.
Les i sammenhengGenesis 19:30
Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains—for he was afraid to stay in Zoar—where they lived in a cave.
Les i sammenhengGenesis 12:13
Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”
Les i sammenhengAmos 3:6
If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?
Les i sammenheng