Genesis 19:26
But Lot's wife, who was behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
In Context
27Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before Yahweh.
Cross References
Numbers 16:38Take the censers of those who lost their lives because of their sin. Let them be made into hammered plates as a covering over the altar. Those men did offer them before me, so they are set apart to me. They will be a sign of my presence to the people of Israel.”
Luke 17:31In that day, do not let him who is on the housetop go down to get his goods out of the house; and do not let him who is in the field return.
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 →