16. And while he lingered, the men took hold of his and his wife’s hands, along with the hands of his two daughters, the Lord being merciful to him, and brought him out and set him outside the city.
17. When they had brought them out, one of them said to them, “Escape for your lives! Do not look behind you or stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountain, lest you be destroyed.”
18. Then Lot said to them, “Please, no, my lords!
19. Your servant has found grace in your eyes, and you have shown your mercy, which you have shown to me by saving my life. However, I cannot escape to the mountain. Otherwise some evil will overtake me, and I will die.
20. Look, this city is close enough to flee to, and it is a little one. Please, let me escape there (is it not a little one?), and my life will be saved.”
21. He said to him, “I have granted your request in this matter also. I will not overthrow this city of which you have spoken.
22. Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
23. The sun had risen over the land when Lot entered Zoar.
24. Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was from the Lord out of heaven.
25. So He overthrew those cities, all the valley, all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.
26. But his wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
27. Now Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he stood before the Lord.