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22 But run there fast, because I cannot destroy Sodom until you are safely in that town.” (That town is named Zoar,[a] because it is little.)

Sodom and Gomorrah Are Destroyed

23 The sun had already come up when Lot entered Zoar. 24 The Lord sent a rain of burning sulfur down from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah

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  1. 19:22 Zoar This name sounds like the Hebrew word for “little.”

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.