Genesis 19:27
Abraham rysyng vp early, gote hym to the place where he stoode before the presence of God, and loked towarde Sodome and Gomorrhe, and towarde all the lande of that playne countrey,
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:
In Context
26But Lots wyfe folowyng him, loked behynde her, & was turned into a piller of salt.
28And behelde, and lo the smoke of the countrey arose, as the smoke of a furnesse.
Cross References
Genesis 18:22And the men departed thence, & went to Sodomeward: but Abraham stoode yet before the Lorde.
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 →