17. It came to pass, when they had taken them out, that he said, "Escape for your life! Don't look behind you, and don't stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be consumed!"

18. LOT said to them, "Oh, not so, my lord.

19. See 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. I can't escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die.

20. See now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there (isn't it a little one?), and my soul will live."

21. He said to him, "Behold, I have granted your request concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.

22. Hurry, escape there, for I can't do anything until you get there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.