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Genesis 19:20-22
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
Genesis 19:20-22
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
20 Look, this town is close enough for me to flee to. It is a small place. Please let me run to it – it’s only a small place, isn’t it? – so that I can survive.’
21 And he said to him, ‘All right,[a] I’ll grant your request[b] about this matter too and will not demolish the town you mentioned. 22 Hurry up! Run to it, for I cannot do anything until you get there.’ Therefore the name of the city is Zoar.[c](A)
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Genesis 19:20-22
New International Version
Genesis 19:20-22
New International Version
20 Look, here is a town near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me flee to it—it is very small, isn’t it? Then my life will be spared.”
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))
Footnotes
- Genesis 19:22 Zoar means small.
Genesis 19:20-22
King James Version
Genesis 19:20-22
King James Version
20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
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.
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Genesis 19:20-22
New King James Version
Genesis 19:20-22
New King James Version
20 See now, this city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one; please let me escape there (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.”
21 And he said to him, “See, (A)I have favored you concerning this thing also, in that I will not overthrow this city for which you have spoken. 22 Hurry, escape there. For (B)I cannot do anything until you arrive there.”
Therefore (C)the name of the city was called [a]Zoar.
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- Genesis 19:22 Lit. Little or Insignificant
Genesis 19:20-22
English Standard Version
Genesis 19:20-22
English Standard Version
20 Behold, this city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one. Let me escape there—is it not a little one?—and my life will be saved!” 21 He said to him, “Behold, I grant you this favor also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken. 22 Escape there quickly, for I can do nothing till you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called (A)Zoar.[a]
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- Genesis 19:22 Zoar means little
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