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Genesis 19:20
Genesis 19:20 is verse 20 of Genesis chapter 19, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
See now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there (isn’t it a little one?), and my soul will live.”
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Genesis 19:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible
18 But Lot replied, “No, my lords, please!
19 Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.
20 Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”
21 “Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.
22 Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 19:30Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains—for he was afraid to stay in Zoar—where they lived in a cave.
Proverbs 3:5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
Proverbs 3:6in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:7Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
Amos 3:6If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?
Genesis 12:13Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”
Psalms 119:175Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.
Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.