19. behold now, thy servant has found favour in thine eyes, and thou hast magnified thy goodness, which thou hast shewn to me in preserving my soul alive; but I cannot escape to the mountain, lest calamity lay hold on me, that I die.
20. Behold now, this city is near to flee to, and it is small: I pray thee, let me escape thither--is it not small? --and my soul shall live.
21. And he said to him, Behold, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.
22. Haste, escape thither; for I cannot do anything until thou art come there. Therefore the name of the city is called Zoar.
23. The sun rose upon the earth when Lot came to Zoar.
24. And Jehovah rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven,