Genesis 19:27
And Abraham rising vp earely in ye morning went to the place, where he had stand before the Lord,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:
In Context
26Now his wife behind him looked backe, and she became a pillar of salt.
Cross References
Genesis 18:22And the men turned thence and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stoode yet before the Lord.
Ezekiel 16:49Beholde, this was the iniquitie of thy sister Sodom, Pride, fulnesse of bread, and aboundance of idlenesse was in her, and in her daughters: neither did shee strengthen the hande of the poore and needie.
Hebrews 2:1Wherefore wee ought diligently to giue heede to the thinges which wee haue heard, lest at any time we runne out.
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 →