Genesis 19:27
Then Abraham, rising up in the morning, in the place where he had stood before with the Lord,
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:
In Context
26And his wife, looking behind herself, was turned into a statue of salt.
Cross References
Genesis 18:22And they turned themselves from there, and they went toward Sodom. Yet in truth, Abraham still stood in the sight of the Lord.
Ezekiel 16:49Behold, this was the iniquity of Sodom, your sister: arrogance, indulgence in bread and abundance, and the idleness of her and her daughters; and they did not reach out their hand to the needy and the poor.
Hebrews 2:1For this reason, it is necessary for us to observe more thoroughly the things that we have heard, lest we let them slip away.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 19:27
26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. This also is written for our admonition. Our Saviour refers to it ( Luke xvii. 32 ), Remember Lot's wife. As by the example of Sodom the wicked are warned to turn from their wickedness, so by the example of Lot's wife the righteous are warned not to turn from their righteousness. See Ezek. iii. 18 , 20 . We have here, I. The sin of Lot's wife: She looked back from behind him. This seemed a small thing, but we are sure, by the punishment… Read the whole commentary →