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Genesis 19:22
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Genesis 19:22
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But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it.” (That is why the town was called Zoar.
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Genesis 19:22 in Other Translations
KJV
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Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
ESV
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Escape there quickly, for I can do nothing till you arrive there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
NLT
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But hurry! Escape to it, for I can do nothing until you arrive there.” (This explains why that village was known as Zoar, which means “little place.”)
MSG
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But hurry up. Run for it! I can't do anything until you get there." That's why the town was called Zoar, that is, Smalltown.
CSB
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Hurry up! Run there, for I cannot do anything until you get there." Therefore the name of the city is Zoar.
Genesis 19:22 In-Context
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Look, here is a town near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me flee to it—it is very small, isn’t it? Then my life will be spared.”
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He said to him, “Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of.
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But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it.” (That is why the town was called Zoar. )
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By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land.
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Then the LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
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Genesis 13:10
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"Zoar" means "small."
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