KJV King James Version
The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
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Genesis 19:23
The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.
WEB World English Bible
The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar.
ASV American Standard Version
The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came unto Zoar.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The sun hath gone out on the earth, and Lot hath entered into Zoar,
Surrounding context — Genesis 19
20 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.
21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
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