Genesis 19:20-22

Expanded Bible

²⁰ Look, that little town over there is ·not too far away [^Lnear enough to flee to]. Let me run there. It’s really just a little town, and ·I’ll be safe there [^Lmy life will be saved/spared].”

²¹ The angel said to Lot, “Very well, I will ·allow you to do this also [show you this favor; ^Llift up your face]. I will not ·destroy that town [^Loverthrow the town of which you speak]. ²² But run there fast, because I cannot ·destroy Sodom [^Ldo anything] until you are safely in that town.” (That town is named Zoar, because it is little [^CZoar sounds like the Hebrew word for “little”].)