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When they had brought them outside, ^(F1)one said, "^(C1)Escape for your life! ^(C2)Do not look behind you, and do not stay ^(F2)anywhere in the ^(C3)surrounding area; escape to ^(C4)the ^(F3)mountains, or you will be swept away."

But Lot said to them, "Oh no, my lords!

"Now behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your compassion, which you have shown me by saving my life; but I cannot escape to the ^(F1)mountains, for the disaster will overtake me and I will die;

now behold, this town is near enough to flee to, and it is small. Please, let me escape there (is it not small?) ^(F1)so that my life may be saved."

And he said to him, "Behold, I grant you this ^(F1)request also, not to overthrow the town of which you have spoken.

"Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there." Therefore the town was named ^(F1)(C1)Zoar.

The sun had risen over the earth when Lot came to Zoar.

Then the LORD ^(C1)rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah from the LORD out of heaven,

and ^(C1)He overthrew those cities, and all the surrounding area, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.

But ^(F1)Lot's wife, from behind him, ^(C1)looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

Now Abraham got up early in the morning and went to ^(C1)the place where he had stood before the LORD;

and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the surrounding area; and ^(F1)behold, he saw ^(C1)the smoke of the land ascended like the smoke of a ^(F2)furnace.

Now Lot went up from Zoar with his two daughters and ^(C1)stayed in the ^(F1)mountains, because he was afraid to stay in Zoar; and he stayed in a cave, he and his two daughters.