Genesis 19:26

And his wife looketh expectingly from behind him, and she is — a pillar of salt!

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

25and He overthroweth these cities, and all the circuit, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which is shooting up from the ground.

27And Abraham riseth early in the morning, unto the place where he hath stood [before] the face of Jehovah;

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Cross References

Numbers 16:38[even] the censers of these sinners against their own souls; and they have made them spread-out plates, a covering for the altar, for they have brought them near before Jehovah, and they are hallowed; and they are become a sign to the sons of Israel.'

Luke 17:31in that day, he who shall be on the house top, and his vessels in the house, let him not come down to take them away; and he in the field, in like manner, let him not turn backward;

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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