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16 But he lingered; and the men laid hold on his hand, and on the hand of his wife, and on the hand of his two daughters, the LORD being merciful to him; and they took him out, and set him outside of the city.
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When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the LORD was merciful to them.
17 It came to pass, when they had taken them out, that he said, "Escape for your life! Don't look behind you, neither stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountain, lest you be consumed!"
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As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, “Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!”
18 Lot said to them, "Oh, not so, my lord.
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But Lot said to them, “No, my lords, please!
19 See now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your lovingkindness, which you have shown to me in saving my life. I can't escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die.
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Your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have shown great kindness to me in sparing my life. But I can’t flee to the mountains; this disaster will overtake me, and I’ll die.
20 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."
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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.”
21 He said to him, "Behold, I have granted your request concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.
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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.
22 Hurry, escape there, for I can't do anything until you get there." Therefore the name of the city was called Tzo`ar.
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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. )
23 The sun was risen on the eretz when Lot came to Tzo`ar.
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By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land.
24 Then the LORD rained on Sedom and on `Amorah sulfur and fire from the LORD out of the sky.
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Then the LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
25 He overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew on the ground.
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Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land.
26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
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But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
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