19:20 Look, this town57 over here is close enough to escape to, and it’s just a little one.58 Let me go there.59 It’s just a little place, isn’t it?60 Then I’ll survive.”61
tn The Hebrew word עִיר (’ir) can refer to either a city or a town, depending on the size of the place. Given that this place was described by Lot later in this verse as a “little place,” the translation uses “town.”
58
tnHeb “Look, this town is near to flee to there. And it is little.”
59
tnHeb “Let me escape to there.” The cohortative here expresses Lot’s request.