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Genesis 19:20 KJV
Genesis · chapter 19 · verse 20
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.Genesis 19:20 · King James Version
Genesis 19:20 in context
18And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my LORD:
19Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
20Behold 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.
21And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
22Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- escapemâlaṭproperly, to be smoothH4422 →
- cityʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- nearqârôwbnearH7138 →
- fleenûwçto flitH5127 →
- soulnepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
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Here is, I. The rescue of Lot out of Sodom. Thought there were not ten righteous men in Sodom, for whose sakes it might be spared, yet that one righteous man that was among them delivered his own soul, Eze 14:14.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-23