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Lot's wife (center) turned into a pillar of salt during Sodom's destruction (Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493). The story appears to be based in part on a folk legend explaining a geographic feature. [3] A pillar of salt named "Lot's wife" is located near the Dead Sea at Mount Sodom in Israel. [4]
An angel agreed and the village was thenceforth known as Zoar. When God rained fire and brimstone upon Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot's wife looked back at the burning cities of the plain and was turned into a pillar of salt in recompense for her folly. [13] The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came unto Zoar.
The story, recounted in the Book of Genesis, concerns the family of Lot who have fled the destroyed city of Sodom (visible burning in the background of the painting). Lot's wife disobeyed instructions not to look around and was turned into a pillar of salt – her form is just visible in the left background of the painting.
Lot in Sodom is a 1933 short, silent and experimental film directed by James Sibley Watson and Melville Webber. Its plot is based on the Biblical tale of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah , with quotes from the Bible being used for all intertitles .
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A variation on the marriage theory holds that the phrase "my daughters" should be taken in a metaphorical sense. Lot, as a prophet, is considered a father to his people; he is therefore inviting the Sodomites to intermarry with the women of his nation. [20] The story of Lot's incestuous relationship with his daughters is not alluded to in the ...
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