²⁰ 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, “Very well, I will grant this request^(A) too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of. ²² But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it.” (That is why the town was called Zoar.^[a](B))

²³ By the time Lot reached Zoar,^(C) the sun had risen over the land.

Lot and His Daughters

³⁰ Lot and his two daughters left Zoar^(A) and settled in the mountains,^(B) for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He and his two daughters lived in a cave.