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Genesis 19:22
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20 See now, this city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one; please let me escape there (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.”
21 And he said to him, “See, aI have favored you concerning this thing also, in that I will not overthrow this city for which you have spoken.  
22 Hurry, escape there. For aI cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore bthe name of the city was called1 Zoar.  
23 The sun had risen upon the earth when Lot entered Zoar.
24 Then the Lord rained abrimstone and bfire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the Lord out of the heavens.  
Verse Comparison: Genesis 19:22

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American Standard Version
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

Amplified® Bible
Make haste and take refuge there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar [little].

Contemporary English Version
Hurry! Run! I can't do anything until you are safely there." The town was later called Zoar because Lot had said it was small.

Darby English Version
Haste, escape thither; for I cannot do anything until thou art come there. Therefore the name of the city is called Zoar.

Good News Bible
Hurry! Run! I can't do anything until you get there." Because Lot called it small, the town was named Zoar.

King James Version
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

New American Standard Bible
"Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there. Therefore the name of the town was called Zoar."

New International Version
But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it." (That is why the town was called Zoar. )

New King James Version
Hurry, escape there. For I cannot do anything until you arrive there.' Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there." Therefore the name of the town had the name of Zoar.

Revised Standard Version
Make haste, escape there; for I can do nothing till you arrive there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zo'ar.

Young's Literal Translation
haste, escape thither, for I am not able to do anything till thine entering thither;' therefore hath he calleth the name of the city Zoar.


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