Genesis 19:20-22
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
20 Look, this town ahead is near enough to escape to. It is only a small place.[a] Let me flee there—is it not a small place?—to save my life.” 21 “Well, then,” he replied, “I grant you this favor too. I will not overthrow the town you have mentioned. 22 Hurry, escape there! I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” That is why the town is called Zoar.(A)
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