Genesis 19:22 - Exposition

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 peninsula, Which projects a long way into the Dead Sea (Robinson); and in the Ghor-el-Szaphia, at the south-eastern end of the see, at the opening of the Wady-el-Raumer (Keil); but has now been identified with Zi'ara, at the northern extremity of the lake.