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17 When they had brought them out, they said, "Save thy life and look not behind thee, neither tarry thou in any place of the country, but save thyself in the mountain, lest thou perish."
18 Then said Lot unto them, "Oh nay my lord:
19 behold, inasmuch as thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, now make thy mercy great which thou showest unto me in saving my life. For I cannot save myself in the mountains, lest some misfortune fall upon me and I die.
20 Behold, here is a city by, to flee unto, and it is a little one, let me save myself therein: is it not a little one, that my soul may live?"
21 And he said to him, "See, I have received thy request as concerning this thing, that I will not overthrow this city for the which thou hast spoken.
22 Haste thee, and save thyself there, for I can do nothing till thou be come in thither." And therefore the name of the city is called Zoar.
23 And the sun was upon the earth when Lot was entered into Zoar.
24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah, brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven,
25 and overthrew those cities and all the region, and all that dwelled in the cities, and that that grew upon the earth.
26 And Lot's wife looked behind her, and was turned in to a pillar of salt.
27 Abraham rose up early and got him to the place where he stood before the LORD,
28 and looked toward Sodom and Gomorra and toward all the land of that country. And as he looked: behold, the smoke of the country arose as it had been the smoke of a furnace.
29 But yet when God destroyed the cities of the region, he thought upon Abraham: and sent Lot out from the danger of the overthrowing, when he overthrew the cities where Lot dwelled.
30 And Lot departed out of Zoar and dwelled in the mountains and his two daughters with him for he feared to tarry in Zoar: he dwelt therefore in a cave, both he and his two daughters also.