22 Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the town was named [a](A)Zoar.

23 The sun had risen over the earth when Lot came to Zoar. 24 Then the Lord (B)rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah from the Lord out of heaven, 25 and (C)He overthrew those cities, and all the surrounding area, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.

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  1. Genesis 19:22 I.e., small

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

23 By the time Lot reached Zoar,(B) the sun had risen over the land. 24 Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur(C) on Sodom and Gomorrah(D)—from the Lord out of the heavens.(E) 25 Thus he overthrew those cities(F) and the entire plain,(G) destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land.(H)

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  1. Genesis 19:22 Zoar means small.