Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you.*
Genesis 19:20 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) See now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there (isn't it a little one?), and my soul will live.* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you.*
See now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown to me in saving my life. I can't escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die.
He said to him, *Behold, I have granted your request concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.
Lot went up out of Tzo`ar, and lived in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to live in Tzo`ar. He lived in a cave with his two daughters.
Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me.
Turn your ear, and come to me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
But Yirmeyahu said, They shall not deliver you. Obey, I beg you, the voice of the LORD, in that which I speak to you: so it shall be well with you, and your soul shall live.
Does the shofar alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and the LORD hasn't done it?