Genesis 19:27

And Abraham rose early in the morning [and went] to the place where he had stood before Jehovah;

Darby Translation

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 looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

28and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and lo, a smoke went up from the land as the smoke of a furnace.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:22And the men turned thence, and went towards Sodom; and Abraham remained yet standing before Jehovah.

Ezekiel 16:49Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and careless ease was in her and in her daughters, but she did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

Hebrews 2:1For this reason we should give heed more abundantly to the things [we have] heard, lest in any way we should 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 →

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