Genesis 19:27

And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the LORD.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

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

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Cross References

Genesis 18:22And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom; but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

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; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

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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