Genesis 19:23-28

Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed

23 As the sun rose over the earth, Lot arrived in Zoar;

24 and the LORD rained down burning asphalt from the skies onto Sodom and Gomorrah.

25 The LORD destroyed these cities, the entire valley, everyone who lived in the cities, and all of the fertile land's vegetation.

26 When Lot's wife looked back, she turned into a pillar of salt.

27 Abraham set out early for the place where he had stood with the LORD,

28 and looked out over Sodom and Gomorrah and over all the land of the valley. He saw the smoke from the land rise like the smoke from a kiln.

Genesis 19:23-28 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 19

The contents of this chapter are Lot's entertainment of two angels that came to Sodom, Ge 19:1-3; the rude behaviour of the men of Sodom towards them, who for it were smote with blindness, Ge 19:4-11; the deliverance of Lot, his wife and two daughters, by means of the angels he entertained, Ge 19:12-17; the sparing of the city of Zoar at the entreaty of Lot, to which he was allowed to flee, Ge 19:18-22; the burning of Sodom and Gomorrah, Ge 19:23-25; Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt for looking back, Ge 19:26; Abraham's view of the conflagration of the cities, Ge 19:28,29; Lot's betaking himself to a mountain, and dwelling in a cave with his two daughters, by whom he had two sons, the one called Moab, and the other Benammi, Ge 19:30-38.