Genesis 19:15-22 But, as soon as, the dawn, had sprung up, the messengers hastened Lot, saying,––Arise! take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are at hand, lest thou be swept away in the punishment of the city.

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁵ But, as soon as, the dawn, had sprung up, the messengers hastened Lot, saying,––Arise! take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are at hand, lest thou be swept away in the punishment of the city. ¹⁶ And he lingered––so the men laid hold of his hand and of the hand of his wife, and of the hand of his two daughters, in the tenderness of Yahweh towards him,––and they brought him out, and led him forth outside the city. ¹⁷ And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth outside, that they said, Escape for thy life, Look not behind thee, neither stand still in all the vale,––To the mountain, escape thou, lest thou be swept away. ¹⁸ And Lot said unto them,––No, I pray thee, My Lord! ¹⁹ Behold, I pray thee, thy servant hath found favour in thine eyes, so that thou hast magnified thy lovingkindness which thou hast performed with me, in keeping alive my soul.––But, I, cannot escape to the mountain, lest calamity overtake me, so shall I die. ²⁰ Behold, I pray thee, this city, is near, for fleeing thither, And, it, is a little one,––let me, I pray thee, escape thither––is it not a, little, one? That my soul may live! ²¹ And he said unto him, Behold! I have lifted up thy countenance, even as to this thing,––so that I will not overthrow the city, of which thou hast spoken. ²² Haste thee, escape thither, for I cannot do anything, until thou have come in thither. For this cause, was the name of the city called, Zoar.