◄ Genesis 19:20 ►
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Good News Translation
Do you see that little town? It is near enough. Let me go over there--you can see it is just a small place--and I will be safe."

New Revised Standard Version
Look, that city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one. Let me escape there—is it not a little one?—and my life will be saved!”

Contemporary English Version
There's a town near here. It's only a small place, but my family and I will be safe, if you let us go there."

New American Bible
Look, this town ahead is near enough to escape to. It is only a small place. Let me flee there—is it not a small place?—to save my life.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
There is this city here at hand, to which I may flee, it is a little one, and I shall be saved in it: is it not a little one, and my soul shall live?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

There is this city here at hand, to which I may flee, it is a little one, and I shall be saved in it: is it not a little one, and my soul shall live?

this.

Genesis 19:30 And Lot went up out of Segor, and abode in the mountain, and his two daughters with him (for he was afraid to stay in Segor) and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters with him.

Proverbs 3:5-7 In all thy ways think on him, and he will direct thy steps. . . .

Amos 3:6 Shall the trumpet sound in a city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, which the Lord hath not done?

and my.

Genesis 12:13 Say, therefore, I pray thee, that thou art my sister: that I may be well used for thee, and that my soul may live for thy sake.

Psalm 119:175 My soul shall live and shall praise thee: and thy judgments shall help me.

Isaiah 55:3 Incline your ear and come to me: hear and your soul shall live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the faithful mercies of David.

Context
Lot Flees to Zoar
…19Because thy servant hath found grace before thee, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewn to me, in saving my life, and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil seize me, and I die. 20There is this city here at hand, to which I may flee, it is a little one, and I shall be saved in it: is it not a little one, and my soul shall live?21And he said to him: Behold also in this, I have heard thy prayers, not to destroy the city for which thou hast spoken.…
Cross References
Genesis 19:19
Because thy servant hath found grace before thee, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewn to me, in saving my life, and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil seize me, and I die.

Genesis 19:21
And he said to him: Behold also in this, I have heard thy prayers, not to destroy the city for which thou hast spoken.

Jeremiah 38:20
But Jeremiah answered: They shall not deliver thee: hearken, I beseech thee, to the word of the Lord, which I speak to the, and it shall be well with thee, and thy soul shall live.

Genesis 19:19
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