Genesis 19:27

And Abraham ascended in the morning to the place where he had ministered in prayer before the Lord;

Targum Onkelos

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 behind her, and she became a statue of salt.

28And he looked toward Sedom and Amorah, and upon all the place of the plain land, and saw, and, behold, 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 away from thence, and went toward Sedom.

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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