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

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

גשׁ־ < הלאה (gesh - hāl'âh), meaning “approach to a distant point,” or “stand back.”

סנורים (san'evērı̂ym

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

His wife looked back from behind him. — In Eastern countries, it is still the rule for the wife to walk behind her husban…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

For I cannot do anything until you have come there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot e…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

But his wife looked back. Moses here records the remarkable judgment of God, by which Lot's wife was transformed into a statue of salt. Bu…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

But his wife looked back from behind him That is, the wife of Lot, whose name the Jewish writers F24 say was Adith, or a…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Lot was good, but there was no one else of the same character in the city. All the people of Sodom were very wicked and vile. Therefore, care was t…

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