18. And Lot said to them, “Oh, no, my lords.
19. Behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness in saving my life. But I cannot escape to the hills, lest the disaster overtake me and I die.
20. Behold, this 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!”
21. He said to him, “Behold, I grant you this favor also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.
22. Escape there quickly, for I can do nothing till you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.