Genesis 19:27

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:

In Context

26But his wife looked from behind him,—and became—a pillar of salt.

28and he looked out over the face of Sodom and Gomorrah, and over all the face of the land of the circuit, and beheld and lo! the smoke of the land went up, like the smoke of a furnace.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:22And the men turned from thence, and went their way, towards Sodom,—but, Yahweh was yet standing before Abraham.

Ezekiel 16:49Lo! this became the iniquity of Sodom thy sister,— Pride, fulness of bread, and careless security came to her and to her daughters, And the hand of the oppressed and the needy, she strengthened not.

Hebrews 2:1For this cause, it behoveth us, with unwonted firmness, to be holding fast unto the things that have been heard, lest, at any time, we drift away.

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 →

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