Genesis 19:22
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.
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.
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
- Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.
- KJV
- Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
- WEB
- Hurry, escape there, for I can’t do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
- ASV
- Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
- DARBY
- Haste, escape thither; for I cannot do anything until thou art come there. Therefore the name of the city is called Zoar.
- BLB
- Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Upon thus the name of the city was called Zoar.
- ÅB
- Skynd deg, flykt dit! For jeg kan intet gjøre før du kommer dit. Derfor kaller de den by Soar[^1].
- OTB
- Men skynd deg, flykt dit, for jeg kan ikke gjøre noe før du når den." Derfor ble byen kalt Soar.
- B1930
- Skynd dig, fly dit! For jeg kan intet gjøre før du kommer dit. Derfor kaller de den by Soar. / < d.e. småby.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 13:10
And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Read in contextGenesis 14:2
went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
Read in contextExodus 32:10
Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”
Read in contextGenesis 32:25–28
When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 9:14
Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they are.”
Read in contextMark 6:5
So He could not perform any miracles there, except to lay His hands on a few of the sick and heal them.
Read in contextPsalms 91:1–10
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
Read in contextIsaiah 65:8
This is what the LORD says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all.
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