Genesis 19:20

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.””

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BSBPD

“Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)

KJVPD

“Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.”

King James Version · Public Domain

ASVPD

“behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape thither (is it not a little one?), and my soul shall live.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain

YLTPD

“lo, I pray thee, this city <FI>is<Fi> near to flee thither, and it <FI>is<Fi> little; let me escape, I pray thee, thither, (is it not little?) and my soul doth live.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain

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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 19:20 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Genesis 12:13Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”
Genesis 19:30Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains—for he was afraid to stay in Zoar—where they lived in a cave.
Psalms 119:175Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.
Proverbs 3:5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.
Amos 3:6If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?

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