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Genesis 19:20-30

20 Look, here is a town near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me flee to it—it is very small, isn’t it? Then my life will be spared.”

21 He said to him, “Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of.

22 But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it.” (That is why the town was called Zoar.)

23 By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land.

24 Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the Lord out of the heavens.

25 Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, including all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land.

26 But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

27 Early the next morning Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the Lord.

28 He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, toward all the land of the plain, and he saw dense smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace.

29 So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham, and he brought Lot out of the catastrophe that overthrew the cities where Lot had lived.

30 Lot and His Daughters
Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He and his two daughters lived in a cave.

Cross References for Genesis 19:20-30

Isaiah 55:3 - Give ear and come to me; hear me, that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting covenant ... Click to read the verse Isaiah 55:3 Click to read the verse Isaiah 55:3

Genesis 12:13 - Say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared ... Click to read the verse Genesis 12:13 Click to read the verse Genesis 12:13

Genesis 14:8 - Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim and the ki... Click to read the verse Genesis 14:8 Click to read the verse Genesis 14:8

Genesis 19:30 - Lot and His Daughters Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains, for he ... Click to read the verse Genesis 19:30 Click to read the verse Genesis 19:30

Amos 3:6 - When a trumpet sounds in a city, do not the people tremble? When disaster comes to a city, has ... Click to read the verse Amos 3:6 Click to read the verse Amos 3:6

Proverbs 3:5-7 - Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; Click to read the verse Proverbs 3:5-7 Click to read the verse Proverbs 3:5-7

Psalms 119:175 - Let me live that I may praise you, and may your laws sustain me. Click to read the verse Psalms 119:175 Click to read the verse Psalms 119:175