In Genesis 19 the two angels disguised as men, whom Lot showed hospitality and protected, warn Lot to take his wife and two daughters and flee Sodom before the city is destroyed. They are told not to look back or stop as they run to the hills. As God rains sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot’s wife glances back and turns into a pillar of salt. Later interpretations treated her as symbol of disbelief and, especially in Christian traditions, as a warning against clinging to ordinary life in the face of divine judgment.
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