22 Hurry up! Run there, for I cannot do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city is Zoar.[a](A)

23 The sun had risen over the land when Lot reached Zoar. 24 Then out of the sky the Lord rained burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah from the Lord.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 19:22 In Hb, the name Zoar is related to the phrase “small place” in v. 20; its original name was Bela; Gn 14:2.

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)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 19:22 Zoar means small.