19. You have been merciful and kind to me and have saved my life. But I can’t run to the mountains. The disaster will catch me, and I will die.
20. Look, that little town over there is not too far away. Let me run there. It’s really just a little town, and I’ll be safe there.”
21. The angel said to Lot, “Very well, I will allow you to do this also. I will not destroy that town.
22. But run there fast, because I cannot destroy Sodom until you are safely in that town.” (That town is named Zoar, because it is little.)