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But he lingered ;
so the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand ,
the LORD being merciful to him ,
and they brought him forth and set him outside the city .
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And when they had brought them forth ,
they said , "
Flee for your life ;
do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley ;
flee to the hills ,
lest you be consumed ."
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And Lot said to them , "
Oh ,
no ,
my lords ;
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behold ,
your servant has found favor in your sight ,
and you have shown me great kindness in saving my life ;
but I cannot flee to the hills ,
lest the disaster overtake me ,
and I die .
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Behold ,
yonder city is near enough to flee to ,
and it is a little one .
Let me escape there--is it not a little one ?--
and my life will be saved !"
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He said to him , "
Behold ,
I grant you this favor also ,
that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken .
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Make haste ,
escape there ;
for I can do nothing till you arrive there ."
Therefore the name of the city was called Zo '
ar .
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The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zo '
ar .
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Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomor '
rah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven ;
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and he overthrew those cities ,
and all the valley ,
and all the inhabitants of the cities ,
and what grew on the ground .