Genesis 19:27
And Abraham got up early in the morning and in the place where he had stood before with the Lord, U
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 her, was turned into a statue of salt.
Cross References
Genesis 18:22And they turned themselves from thence, and went their way to Sodom: but Abraham as yet stood before the Lord.
Ezekiel 16:49Behold this was the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance, and the idleness of her, and of her daughters: and they did not put forth their hand to the needy, and to the poor.
Hebrews 2:1Therefore ought we more diligently to observe the things which we have heard, lest perhaps we should let them slip.
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 →