Genesis 19:22

Genesis 19:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
• New International Version (NIV)But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it.” (That is why the town was called Zoar.)
• English Standard Version (ESV)Escape there quickly, for I can do nothing till you arrive there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Hurry, escape there. For I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

Context of Genesis 19:22

20Look! See that town over there. It is near and I can run to it safely. And it is a small town. So please let me run there. You can see that it is only a small place. If I go there, I will stay alive.’ 21The angel said to Lot, ‘OK, I will let you do what you have asked. I will not destroy that town. But run there quickly. I cannot do anything until you arrive in the town.’ (The name of the town became ‘Zoar’, because it was small.) 23Lot reached Zoar at the time when the sun was rising that morning. 24Then the Lord poured sulphur that was on fire down on Sodom and Gomorrah. It fell from the sky like rain.

Genesis 19:22 word by word

מַהֵר֙ הִמָּלֵ֣ט שָׁ֔מָּה כִּ֣י לֹ֤א אוּכַל֙ לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת דָּבָ֔ר עַד־בֹּאֲךָ֖ שָׁ֑מָּה עַל־כֵּ֛ן קָרָ֥א שֵׁם־הָעִ֖יר צֽוֹעַר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Hasteמָהַרmâhar · to hastenH4116
• thee, escapeמָלַטmâlaţ · to escapeH4422
• thither; for I cannotיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201
• doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• any thingדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• till thou be comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• thither. Therefore the nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• of the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• was calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• Zoarצֹ֫עַרtsô‛ar · ZoarH6820

Cross-references for Genesis 19:22

• Genesis 32:25The man saw that he was not winning the fight against Jacob. So he hit Jacob's hip while they were fighting. In that way, Jacob's hip moved out of its proper place.
• Exodus 32:10I am very angry with them and I will destroy them. Do not try to stop me. I will make your descendants into a great nation, instead of them.’
• Deuteronomy 9:14Keep away from me! I will now destroy them! Then no one on the earth will remember them at all. Instead, Moses, I will make your descendants into a nation that is stronger and larger than they are.’
• Psalms 91:1If anyone lives in Almighty God's safe place, the Most High God protects that person.
• Isaiah 65:8This is what the Lord says: ‘If grapes still have some juice in them, someone will say, “Do not destroy them. There is some juice there that we can use.” I will do the same thing for my servants. I will not destroy them all.
• Mark 6:5Jesus could not do any powerful miracles in his own town. But he did put his hands on a few sick people and he made them well.
• 2 Timothy 2:13Even if we no longer trust him, he will still be someone that people can trust. He will always remain true to his nature.’
• Genesis 13:10Lot looked up and he saw the flat land of Jordan, as far as Zoar. He saw that it had lots of water, like the garden of the Lord. It was good land, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed the cities there called Sodom and Gomorrah.)
• Isaiah 15:5I am very upset because of what is happening to Moab's people. They are running away, as far as Zoar and Eglath-Shelishiyah. They weep while they climb up the hill to Luhith. On the road to Horonaim they shout aloud, ‘An enemy has destroyed us!’
• Jeremiah 48:34In Heshbon and Elealeh people cry out because of their pain. The noise reaches as far as Jahaz. It reaches from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-Shelishiyah. Even the Nimrim river has become dry.’
• Genesis 19:20Look! See that town over there. It is near and I can run to it safely. And it is a small town. So please let me run there. You can see that it is only a small place. If I go there, I will stay alive.’

Commentaries on Genesis 19:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither - So these heavenly messengers had the strictest commission to take care of Lot and his family; and even the purposes of Divine justice could not be accomplished on the rebellious, till this righteous man and his family had escaped from the place. A proof of Abraham's assertion, The Judge of all the earth will do right. The name of the city was called Zoar - צוער Tsoar, Little, its former name being Bela.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-38Verses 1-38 - The Destruction of Sodom and Amorah 9. גשׁ־ gesh -hāl'âh “approach to a distant point,” stand back. 11. סנורים sanevērı̂ym “blindness,” affecting the mental more than the ocular vision. 37. מואב mô'āb Moab; מאב mē'āb “from a father.” בן־עמי ben -‛amı̂y Ben-ammi, “son of my people.” עמון ‛amôn Ammon, “of the people.” This chapter is the continuation and conclusion of the former. It records a part of God‘s strange work - strange…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-22Lot asked the angels for permission to live in the small town of Zoar (which means "little place") even after they saved him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. Haste ... for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither--The ruin of Sodom was suspended till he was secure. What care God does take of His people (Re 7:3)! What a proof of the love which God bore to a good though weak man!Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 19:22

• Angel (a Spirit)
• Intercession
• Lot
• Sodom
• Zoar

In the dictionaries

• Zoar
• Abraham
• Angel
• Cave
• Concerning
• Deal
• Escape
• Pillar
• Press
• Remember

Commentaries on Genesis 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings