Genesis 19:22

Translations

Modern

Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.

Traditional

Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

Literal

Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Upon thus the name of the city was called Zoar.

Latin

Festina, et salvare ibi: quia non potero facere quidquam donec ingrediaris illuc. Idcirco vocatum est nomen urbis illius Segor.

Original

Hebrew

English

Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.

Notes

Genesis 19:18–22

Lot asked the angels for permission to live in the small town of Zoar (which means "little place") even after they saved him.

Genesis 19:15–23

Lot escaped God's judgment because of God's grace, but Lot was still hesitant to leave Sodom. Israel would forever remember Lot as someone who hesitated and needed angels to pull him to safety. The Lord was merciful and spared Lot because of Abraham (18:23; 19:29).
Today, people who follow God often feel pressure to copy the wrong ways that many people live. God asks his followers to live differently from people who do not follow him. This means Christians should choose actions and behaviors that show they belong to God (1 John 2:15–17). God will judge the corrupt systems of the world. This judgment will be even more severe than the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Matthew 11:23–24).

Genesis 19:1–38

The Canaanites were evil people who tried to corrupt others. God judged their immoral civilization and warned others not to be like them. It was difficult to get Lot and his family out of Sodom. But it was even more difficult to remove Sodom's influence from them.

This chapter helped later Israelites understand the moral and spiritual dangers of the people living in and around the promised land. This included the Canaanites and Lot’s descendants, the Moabites and the Ammonites (see Numbers 22–25; Deuteronomy 23:3–6; Joshua 24:9; Judges 10:7–9; 11:4–5; 1 Samuel 10:27; 1 Kings 11:1–3; 2 Kings 24:2).

Theme notes and profiles

Abraham Lot Symbolic Numbers

Events

Sodom Destroyedc. 1897 BC

Related verses

Genesis 13:10
And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Genesis 14:2
…went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
Exodus 32:10
Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”
Genesis 32:25–28
When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.
Deuteronomy 9:14
Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they are.”
Psalm 91:1–10
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
Mark 6:5
So He could not perform any miracles there, except to lay His hands on a few of the sick and heal them.
2 Timothy 2:13
…if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
Jeremiah 48:34
There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.
Isaiah 65:8
This is what the LORD says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all.
Titus 1:2
…in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
Isaiah 15:5
My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.

Places

Zoar: A city near Sodom, spared from destruction

Glossary

Abraham Ben-Ammi Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Cities of the Plain Dead Sea Ebla Tablets Ezekiel, Book of Genesis, Book of Gomorrah Jude, Letter of Lot Patriarchs, Period of the Peter, Second Letter of Remnant Sodom and Gomorrah Zoar

Topics

Angel (A Spirit): Execute Judgments Upon the Wicked Intercession: Intercessional Influence of the Righteous Lot: The Son of Haran: Disobediently Protests Against Going to the Mountains, and Chooses Zoar Sodom: Destroyed on Account of the Wickedness of the People Zoar: Not Destroyed with Sodom and Gomorrah

Genesis 19:22

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