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. 24 Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur(D) on Sodom and Gomorrah(E)—from the Lord out of the heavens.(F) 25 Thus he overthrew those cities(G) and the entire plain,(H) destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land.(I) 26 But Lot’s wife looked back,(J) and she became a pillar of salt.(K)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 19:22 Zoar means small.

21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.

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

23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

24 Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;

25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

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