The Escape to Zoar

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At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”

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But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them.

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As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”

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But Lot replied, “No, my lords, please!

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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.

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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.”

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“Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.

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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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And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.

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