Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
WEB
But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
YLT
And his wife looketh expectingly from behind him, and she is--a pillar of salt!
DBT
And his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)