The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:22
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar . I .e. "The Little;" obviously from Lot's remark concerning it ( Genesis 19:20 ); Σηγώρ ( LXX .). The original name of the city was Bela ( Genesis 14:2 , q.v.). It has been sought for in the Wady Zuweirah, a pass leading down from Hebron to the Dead Sea, on the west side of the lake (De Sancey); in the Ghor-el-Mezraa, i.e. upon the southern... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:21
And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee (literally, I have lifted up thy face, the petitioner usually supplicating with his face toward the ground, so that the elevation of his countenance expressed the granting of his request) concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken. read more