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.
Look, this city is close enough for me to run to, and it's just a small one. Please, let me escape there instead—it's only a little city, right? Then I'll be safe and alive.
Lot is desperately pleading with God's angels to let him flee to a nearby small city instead of the mountains, bargaining for his life by emphasizing how insignificant the little town is.
📚 Historical Context
This is Lot's plea to the angels who came to rescue him from Sodom's destruction. The angels had told him to flee to the mountains, but Lot was afraid he wouldn't make it that far and asked to go to the small city of Zoar instead. This conversation happened just before God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah with fire and sulfur.
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