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.