Genesis 19:26

And his wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

25And he overthrew these cities, and all the country round about, and all that lived in the cities, and the plants springing out of the ground.

27And Abraam rose up early to go to the place, where he had stood before the Lord.

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Cross References

Numbers 16:38of these sinners against their own souls, and do you make them beaten plates a covering to the altar, because they were brought before the Lord and hallowed; and they became a sign to the children of Israel.

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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