Therefore, I beg you to say that you are my sister, so that it may be well with me because of you, and so that my soul may live by your favor."
Genesis 19:20 - 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?" 更多版本King 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.” 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? English Standard Version 2016 Behold, this city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one. Let me escape there—is it not a little one?—and my life will be saved!” |
Therefore, I beg you to say that you are my sister, so that it may be well with me because of you, and so that my soul may live by your favor."
though your servant has found grace before you, and you have magnified your mercy, which you have shown to me in saving my life, I cannot be saved on the mountain, lest perhaps some misfortune take hold of me and I die.
And he said to him: "Behold, even now, I have heard your petitions about this, not to overturn the city on behalf of which you have spoken.
And Lot ascended from Zoar, and he stayed on the mountain, and likewise his two daughters with him, (for he was afraid to stay in Zoar) and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters with him.
Incline your ear and draw near to me. Listen, and your soul will live. And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, by the faithful mercies of David.
But Jeremiah responded: "They will not deliver you. Listen, I ask you, to the voice of the Lord, which I am speaking to you, and it will be well with you, and your soul will live.
Will the trumpet sound in a city, and the people not become frightened? Will there be disaster in a city, which the Lord has not done?