Genesis 19:25-28

19:25 So he overthrew those cities and all that region, ¹  including all the inhabitants of the cities and the vegetation that grew ²  from the ground. 19:26 But Lot’s ³  wife looked back longingly ⁴  and was turned into a pillar of salt.

19:27 Abraham got up early in the morning and went ⁵  to the place where he had stood before the Lord. 19:28 He looked out toward ⁶  Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of that region. ⁷  As he did so, he saw the smoke rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace. ⁸ 

¹ tn Or “and all the plain”; Heb “and all the circle,” referring to the “circle” or oval area of the Jordan Valley.

² tn Heb “and the vegetation of the ground.”

³ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Lot) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn The Hebrew verb means “to look intently; to gaze” (see 15:5).

⁵ tn The words “and went” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁷ tn Heb “upon the face of.”

⁸ tn Or “all the land of the plain”; Heb “and all the face of the land of the circle,” referring to the “circle” or oval area of the Jordan Valley.

⁹ tn Heb “And he saw, and look, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace.”