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For we will destroy this place because the cry of them is waxed great before the face of the LORD, and the LORD has sent us to destroy it.
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And Lot went out and spoke unto his sons-in-law, those who were to marry his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons-in-law.
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And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife and thy two daughters who are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
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And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand and upon the hand of his wife and upon the hand of his two daughters, the LORD being merciful unto him; and they brought him forth and set him outside the city.
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And it came to pass as they brought them forth outside, that he said, Escape; for thy soul, do not look behind thee, neither stop thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
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And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my lords;
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behold now, thy slave has found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die.
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Behold now, this city
is near to flee unto, and it
is a little one; Oh, let me escape there, (
is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
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And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also that I will not overthrow the city for which thou hast spoken.
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Make thee haste, escape there; for I cannot do anything until thou hast arrived there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
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The sun was rising upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.