Genesis 19:25

He overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew on the ground.

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In The King James Version

And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

In Context

24Then Adonai caused sulfur and fire to rain down upon Sodom [Burning] and Gomorrah [Rebellious people, Tyrants] from Adonai out of the sky. + 19:24. (23-24) Quoted in Luke 17:29

26But his wife + 19:26. Quoted in Luke 17:32 looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

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Cross References

Genesis 14:3All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (also called the Salt Sea).

Matthew Henry on Genesis 19:25-26

Here is, I. The rescue of Lot out of Sodom. Though there were not ten righteous men in Sodom, for whose sakes it might be spared, yet that one righteous man that was among them delivered his own soul, Ezek. xiv. 14 . Early in the morning his own guests, in kindness to him, turned him out of doors, and his family with him, v. 15 . His daughters that were married perished with their unbelieving husbands; but those that continued with him were preserved with him. Observe, 1. With what a gracious violence Lot was… Read the whole commentary →

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