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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.
John Martin's painting, shows the biblical story of the destruction of the two cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, which was God's punishment for the two cities for people's immoral behavior. Only Lot and his daughters were saved. Lot's wife disobeyed God's instruction not to look back, and was turned into a pillar of salt.
During the escape from Sodom, Lot's wife is turned into a pillar of salt. Lot and his daughters take shelter in Zoar, but afterwards go up into the mountains to live in a cave. Concerned for their father having descendants, one evening, Lot's eldest daughter gets Lot drunk and has sex with him without his knowledge.
Lot's wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt. [34] The next morning, Abraham hurried to the place where he had stood before God and looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and saw the smoke rising like at a kiln. [35] Lot was afraid to dwell in Zoar, so he settled in a cave in the hill country with his two daughters. [36]
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Abraham intercedes for the sodomites. Two of the angels go visit Lot, telling him and his family to flee the city and never look back. Then the angels bring down fire, destroying the city, and Lot's wife looks back and she is turned into a pillar of salt. Sarah finally gives birth to Isaac, and Abraham gives a feast for Isaac.