“Please say you are my sister, so that it shall be well with me for your sake, and my life be spared because of you.”
Genesis 19:20 - The Scriptures 2009 “Look, please, this city is near enough to flee to, and it is small. Please let me escape there – is it not a small matter – and let my life be saved?” Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition See now yonder city; it is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh, let me escape to it! Is it not a little one? And my life will be saved! American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible This city here is close enough to flee to, and it’s small. It’s small, right? Let me escape there, and my life will be saved.” Catholic Public Domain Version There is a certain city nearby, to which I can flee; it is a little one, and I will be saved in it. Is it not a modest one, and will not my soul live?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version There is this city here at hand, to which I may flee. It is a little one, and I shall be saved in it. Is it not a little one, and my soul shall live? |
“Please say you are my sister, so that it shall be well with me for your sake, and my life be spared because of you.”
“Look, please, your servant has found favour in your eyes, and you have increased your loving-commitment which you have shown me by saving my life, but I am unable to escape to the mountains, lest calamity overtake me and I die.
And He said to him, “Look, I have favoured you concerning this matter also, without overthrowing this city for which you have spoken.
And Lot went up out of Tso‛ar and dwelt in the mountains, and his two daughters were with him, for he was afraid to dwell in Tso‛ar. And he and his two daughters dwelt in a cave.
My being lives, and it praises You; And Your right-rulings help me.
“Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, so that your being lives. And let Me make an everlasting covenant with you, the trustworthy loving-commitments of Dawiḏ.
But Yirmeyahu said, “They shall not hand you over. Please, obey the voice of יהוה which I speak to you, and let it be well with you, and your life be spared.
If a shophar is blown in a city, do the people not tremble? If there is calamity in a city, shall not יהוה have done it?