Genesis 19:17-21

MLV(i) 17 And it happened, when they had brought them outside, that he said, Escape for your life. Do not look behind you, neither will you stay in all the Plain. Escape to the mountain, lest you are consumed.
18 And Lot said to them, Oh, not so, my lord. 19 Behold now, your servant has found favor in your sight and you have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown to me in saving my life and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me and I die. 20 Behold now, this city is near to flee to and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there (is it not a little one?) and my soul will live.
21 And he said to him, Behold, I have lifted up you concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.