²² Hurry, escape there. For ^(A)I cannot do anything until you arrive there.”

Therefore ^(B)the name of the city was called ^[a]Zoar.

¹⁰ And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all ^(A)the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the Lord ^(B)destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) ^(C)like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as you go toward ^(D)Zoar.

² that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of ^(A)Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, ^(B)Zoar).

Safety of Abiding in the Presence of God

^14 (A)Let Me alone, that I may destroy them and ^(B)blot out their name from under heaven; ^(C)and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.’

¹⁰ Now therefore, ^(A)let Me alone, that ^(B)My wrath may burn hot against them and I may ^[a]consume them. And ^(C)I will make of you a great nation.”

²⁵ Now when He saw that He did not prevail against him, He ^[a]touched the socket of his hip; and ^(A)the socket of Jacob’s hip was out of joint as He wrestled with him. ²⁶ And ^(B)He said, “Let Me go, for the day breaks.”

But he said, ^(C)“I will not let You go unless You bless me!”

²⁷ So He said to him, “What is your name?”

He said, “Jacob.”

²⁸ And He said, ^(D)“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but ^[b]Israel; for you have ^(E)struggled with God and ^(F)with men, and have prevailed.”

² in hope of eternal life which God, who ^(A)cannot lie, promised before time began,