Genesis 19:22 — Hurry! Run! I can't do anything until you are safely there.” The town was later… — CEV | maBible

Read Genesis 19:22 (Contemporary English Version) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Genesis 19.22, Genesis 19v22, Gen. 19:22. Hurry! Run! I can't do anything until you are safely there.” The town was later called Zoar because Lot had said it was small.

Other reference formats: Genesis 19.22, Genesis 19v22, Gen. 19:22.

22 Hurry! Run! I can't do anything until you are safely there.” The town was later called Zoar because Lot had said it was small.

Passage themes

Judgment held back — I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither
Zoar, Lot's refuge — the name of the city was called Zoar

Notes and references

Zoar: In Hebrew “Zoar” sounds like “small.”

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Le premier signe d'alliance L'arc-en-ciel apparaît pour la première fois dans la Bible comme un signe d'alliance : Dieu le place dans le ciel après le déluge pour promettre qu'il ne détruira plus jamais la terre par les eaux (Genèse 9:13-15).

About this book

Author: Moïse · Written: XVe – XIIIe siècle av. J.-C. · Reading time: ≈ 3h30 · Characters: Adam, Ève, Noé, Abraham (Abram), Sara (Saraï), Isaac, Jacob (Israël), Joseph

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