Genesis 19:25-27
Amplified Bible
25 and He overthrew (demolished, ended) those cities, and the entire valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and whatever grew on the ground. 26 But Lot’s wife, from behind him, [foolishly, longingly] looked [back toward Sodom in an act of disobedience], and she [a]became a pillar of salt.(A)
27 Abraham started out early the next morning to the place where he [only the day before] had stood before the Lord;
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- Genesis 19:26 Lot’s wife not only “looked back” to where her interests were, but perhaps lingered behind and was overtaken by the fire and brimstone; her dead body likely became continually encrusted with salt since this disaster occurred in the salt-rich area around the Dead Sea.
Genesis 19:25-27
New International Version
25 Thus he overthrew those cities(A) and the entire plain,(B) destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land.(C) 26 But Lot’s wife looked back,(D) and she became a pillar of salt.(E)
27 Early the next morning Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the Lord.(F)
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