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Genesis 19:26
New English Translation

26 But Lot’s[a] wife looked back longingly[b] and was turned into a pillar of salt.

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  1. Genesis 19:26 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Lot) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Genesis 19:26 tn The Hebrew verb means “to look intently; to gaze” (see 15:5).sn Longingly. Lot’s wife apparently identified with the doomed city and thereby showed lack of respect for God’s provision of salvation. She, like her daughters later, had allowed her thinking to be influenced by the culture of Sodom.
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