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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.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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!”
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!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 119:175

    Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.

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  • Proverbs 3:5–7

    Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

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  • Isaiah 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.

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  • Genesis 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.

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  • Genesis 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.”

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  • Amos 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?

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