Genesis 19:26

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

25so he overthrew these cities, and all the circuit,—and all the inhabitants of the cities, and the produce of the ground.

27And Abraham gat up early in the morning, unto the place where he had stood before Yahweh;

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Cross References

Numbers 16:38As for the censers of these sinners against their own persons, they shall be made into beaten-out plates as an overlay for the altar, for they had brought them near before Yahweh and hallowed them,—so shall they become a sign unto the sons of Israel.

Luke 17:31In that day, he that shall be on the housetop, and his utensils in the house, let him not go down, to take them away! And, he that is in the field, in like manner, let him not turn unto the things behind,

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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