Verse 20

Genesis 19:20

Young's Literal Translation

20 lo, I pray thee, this city [is] near to flee thither, and it [is] little; let me escape, I pray thee, thither, (is it not little?) and my soul doth live.'
Original Language Text
hebrew
הִנֵּה נָ֠א הָ/עִ֨יר הַ/זֹּ֧את קְרֹבָ֛ה לָ/נ֥וּס שָׁ֖מָּ/ה וְ/הִ֣יא מִצְעָ֑ר אִמָּלְטָ֨ה נָּ֜א שָׁ֗מָּ/ה הֲ/לֹ֥א מִצְעָ֛ר הִ֖וא וּ/תְחִ֥י נַפְשִֽׁ/י
English Translation
Behold now, this city is close enough to flee there, and it is small; let me escape there—is it not small? And my soul will live.
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Chapter 19 Context
1 And two of the messengers come towards Sodom at even, and Lot is sitting at the gate of Sodom, and L... Focus ↗
2 and he saith, 'Lo, I pray you, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, unto the house of your servant, and... Focus ↗
3 And he presseth on them greatly, and they turn aside unto him, and come in unto his house; and he ma... Focus ↗
4 Before they lie down, the men of the city -- men of Sodom -- have come round about against the house... Focus ↗
5 and they call unto Lot and say to him, 'Where [are] the men who have come in unto thee to-night? bri... Focus ↗
6 And Lot goeth out unto them, to the opening, and the door hath shut behind him, Focus ↗
7 and saith, 'Do not, I pray you, my brethren, do evil; Focus ↗
8 lo, I pray you, I have two daughters, who have not known any one; let me, I pray you, bring them out... Focus ↗
9 And they say, 'Come nigh hither;' they say also, 'This one hath come in to sojourn, and he certainly... Focus ↗
10 And the men put forth their hand, and bring in Lot unto them, into the house, and have shut the door... Focus ↗
11 and the men who [are] at the opening of the house they have smitten with blindness, from small even... Focus ↗
12 And the men say unto Lot, 'Whom hast thou here still? son-in-law, thy sons also, and thy daughters,... Focus ↗
13 for we are destroying this place, for their cry hath been great [before] the face of Jehovah, and Je... Focus ↗
14 And Lot goeth out, and speaketh unto his sons-in-law, those taking his daughters, and saith, 'Rise,... Focus ↗
15 And when the dawn hath ascended, then the messengers press upon Lot, saying, 'Rise, take thy wife, a... Focus ↗
16 And he lingereth, and the men lay hold on his hand, and on the hand of his wife, and on the hand of... Focus ↗
17 And it cometh to pass when he hath brought them out without, that he saith, 'Escape for thy life; lo... Focus ↗
18 And Lot saith unto them, 'Not [so], I pray thee, my lord; Focus ↗
19 lo, I pray thee, thy servant hath found grace in thine eyes, and thou dost make great thy kindness w... Focus ↗
20 lo, I pray thee, this city [is] near to flee thither, and it [is] little; let me escape, I pray thee...
21 And he saith unto him, 'Lo, I have accepted thy face also for this thing, without overthrowing the c... Focus ↗
22 haste, escape thither, for I am not able to do anything till thine entering thither;' therefore hath... Focus ↗
23 The sun hath gone out on the earth, and Lot hath entered into Zoar, Focus ↗
24 and Jehovah hath rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah, from the heave... Focus ↗
25 and He overthroweth these cities, and all the circuit, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and th... Focus ↗
26 And his wife looketh expectingly from behind him, and she is -- a pillar of salt! Focus ↗
27 And Abraham riseth early in the morning, unto the place where he hath stood [before] the face of Jeh... Focus ↗
28 and he looketh on the face of Sodom and Gomorrah, and on all the face of the land of the circuit, an... Focus ↗
29 And it cometh to pass, in God (Elohim)'s destroying the cities of the circuit, that God (Elohim) rem... Focus ↗
30 And Lot goeth up out of Zoar, and dwelleth in the mountain, and his two daughters with him, for he h... Focus ↗
31 And the first-born saith unto the younger, 'Our father [is] old, and a man there is not in the earth... Focus ↗
32 come, we cause our father to drink wine, and lie with him, and preserve from our father -- a seed.' Focus ↗
33 And they cause their father to drink wine on that night; and the first-born goeth in, and lieth with... Focus ↗
34 And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that the first-born saith unto the younger, 'Lo, I have lain y... Focus ↗
35 And they cause their father to drink wine on that night also, and the younger riseth and lieth with... Focus ↗
36 And the two daughters of Lot conceive from their father, Focus ↗
37 and the first-born beareth a son, and calleth his name Moab; he [is] father of Moab unto this day; Focus ↗
38 as to the younger, she also hath born a son, and calleth his name Ben-Ammi: he [is] father of the Be... Focus ↗