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Genesis 19:22

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22Hurry up! Run there, for I cannot do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city is Zoar. rs

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Footnotes

  1. r19:22 In Hb, the name Zoar is related to the phrase “small place” in v. 20; its original name was Bela; Gn 14:2.

Cross references

  1. s19:22 Gn 14:2

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Escape there quickly, for I can do nothing till you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it.” (That is why the town was called Zoar.)

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Hurry up! Run to it, for I cannot do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city is Zoar.

NLTNew Living Translation

But hurry! Escape to it, for I can do nothing until you arrive there.” (This explains why that village was known as Zoar, which means “little place.”)

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Escape there quickly, for I cannot do this thing until you get there.” Therefore, the name of the city was called Zoar.

KJV 1900King James Version

Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.