And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Genesis 19:22 - English Standard Version 2016 Escape there quickly, for I can do nothing till you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. Matoleo zaidiKing 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. |
And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
these kings made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
He said to him, “Behold, I grant you this favor also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.
Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them, in order that I may make a great nation of you.”
My heart cries out for Moab; her fugitives flee to Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah. For at the ascent of Luhith they go up weeping; on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of destruction;
Thus says the Lord: “As the new wine is found in the cluster, and they say, ‘Do not destroy it, for there is a blessing in it,’ so I will do for my servants’ sake, and not destroy them all.
“From the outcry at Heshbon even to Elealeh, as far as Jahaz they utter their voice, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. For the waters of Nimrim also have become desolate.
And he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them.
the Negeb, and the Plain, that is, the Valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.
Let me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. And I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.’
in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began