"And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the gr…" — Genesis 19:25

Genesis 19:25 · KJV

“And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.”

— Genesis 19:25

Verse 24

Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

Verse 26

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

Genesis 19 — Context

The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. {risen: Heb. gone forth}

Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

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

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

Cross References

Psalms 107:34

A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. {barrenness: Heb. saltiness}

Genesis 14:3

All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.

Genesis 13:10

And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it {was} well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, {even} as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.