A moment in scripture
Genesis 19:22
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Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
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The surrounding passage
- Genesis 19:20
Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
- Genesis 19:21
And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
- Genesis 19:23
The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
- Genesis 19:24
Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.