Genesis 19:27

Forsooth Abraham rising (up) early, (went to) where he (had) stood before with the Lord,

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

In Context

26And Lot’s wife looked aback, and she was turned into an image of salt. (And Lot’s wife looked back, and she was turned into a pillar of salt.)

28(and) beheld Sodom and Gomorrah, and all the land of that country (side) (about); and he saw a dead spark going up from the earth, as the smoke of a furnace.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:22And they turned them [selves] from thence, and went to Sodom. Abraham soothly stood yet before the Lord, (And then two of the men went forth from there, and went down to Sodom. But Abraham stood yet before the Lord,)

Ezekiel 16:49Lo! this was the wickedness of Sodom, thy sister, pride, fullness of bread, and abundance, and (the) idleness of her, and of her daughters; and they putted not hand to a needy man and poor, (or and they gave not their hand, or their help, to the poor and the needy).

Hebrews 2:1Therefore more plenteously it behooveth us to keep those things, that we have heard, lest peradventure we float 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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