Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the whole area surrounding the Jordan was well watered in its entirety (before Adonai destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah)—like Adonai’s garden, like the land of Egypt—till you come to Zoar.
Genesis 19:22 - Tree of Life Version Hurry! Flee to safety there, because I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” (This is why the town is named Zoar.) Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Make haste and take refuge there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar [little]. American Standard Version (1901) Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. Common English Bible Hurry! Escape to it! I can’t do anything until you get there.” That is why the name of the city is Zoar. Catholic Public Domain Version Hurry and be saved there. For I cannot do anything until you enter there." For this reason, the name of that city is called Zoar. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Make haste and be saved there, because I cannot do any thing till thou go in thither. Therefore the name of that city was called Segor. |
Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the whole area surrounding the Jordan was well watered in its entirety (before Adonai destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah)—like Adonai’s garden, like the land of Egypt—till you come to Zoar.
that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (this is Zoar).
So He said to him, “Behold, I will grant your request concerning this matter too—not to demolish the city of which you have spoken.
Now therefore, leave Me alone, so My wrath may burn hot against them, and so I may consume them—and make from you a great nation!”
My heart cries out for Moab. Her fugitives are as far as Zoar as a three year old heifer, for by the ascent of Luhith they go up with weeping, for on the way of Horonaim they raise a cry of distress.
Thus says Adonai: “As new wine is found in a cluster, and one says, ‘Do not destroy it, for a blessing is in it,’ so I will do for My servants’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all.
“From the outcry of Heshbon to Elealeh, as far as Jahaz they will raise their voice—from Zoar to Horonaim and a 3-year old heifer—for the Waters of Nimrim also will be waste.
He was not able to do any miracle, except that He laid hands on a few sick people and healed them.
the Negev and the plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.
Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under the heavens. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they.’
if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
based on the hope of eternal life. God—who cannot lie—promised this before the beginning of time.