²² But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it.” (That is why the town was called Zoar.^[a](A))

¹⁰ Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain^(A) of the Jordan toward Zoar^(B) was well watered, like the garden of the Lord,^(C) like the land of Egypt.^(D) (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom^(E) and Gomorrah.)^(F)

² these kings went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboyim,^(A) and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).^(B)

Psalm 91

¹⁴ Let me alone,^(A) so that I may destroy them and blot out^(B) their name from under heaven.^(C) And I will make you into a nation stronger and more numerous than they.”

¹⁰ Now leave me alone^(A) so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy^(B) them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”^(C)

²⁵ When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip^(A) so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. ²⁶ Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.”

But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”^(B)

²⁷ The man asked him, “What is your name?”

“Jacob,”^(C) he answered.

²⁸ Then the man said, “Your name^(D) will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,^[a](E) because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”^(F)

² in the hope of eternal life,^(A) which God, who does not lie,^(B) promised before the beginning of time,^(C)