Gen 19:17-29 | NASB2020 | STEP | When they had brought them outside , one said , “ Escape for your life ! Do not look behind you, and do not stay anywhere in the surrounding area ; escape to the mountains , or you will be swept away .”

Genesis 19:17-29

17 When they had brought them outside, ^{▼▼Lit he}one said, “ ^bEscape for your life! ^cDo not look behind you, and do not stay ^{▼▼Lit in all the circle}anywhere in the ^esurrounding area; escape to ^fthe ^{▼▼Lit mountain}mountains, or you will be swept away.” 18 But Lot said to them, “Oh no, my lords! 19 Now behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your compassion, which you have shown me by saving my life; but I cannot escape to the ^{▼▼Lit mountain}mountains, for the disaster will overtake me and I will die; 20 now behold, this town is near enough to flee to, and it is small. Please, let me escape there (is it not small?) ^{▼▼Lit and my soul will live}so that my life may be saved.” 21 And he said to him, “Behold, I grant you this ^{▼▼Lit thing}request also, not to overthrow the town of which you have spoken. 22 Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the town was named ^{▼▼I.e., small
,} ^lZoar.

23 The sun had risen over the earth when Lot came to Zoar. 24 Then the Lord ^mrained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah from the Lord out of heaven, 25 and ⁿHe overthrew those cities, and all the surrounding area, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground. 26 But ^{▼▼Lit his}Lot’s wife, from behind him, ^plooked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

27 Now Abraham got up early in the morning and went to ^qthe place where he had stood before the Lord; 28 and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the surrounding area; and ^{▼▼Lit he saw, and behold}behold, he saw ^sthe smoke of the land ascended like the smoke of a ^{▼▼Lit kiln}furnace.

29 So it came about, when God destroyed the cities of the surrounding area, that ^uGod remembered Abraham, and ^vsent Lot out of the midst of the destruction, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had lived.