Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt. The Hebrew verb used for Lot's wife "looking" back is , "tāḇeṭ". Her looking back at Sodom differs in word usage to Abraham "looking" , "šāqap" toward Sodom in (18:16). The story appears to be based in part on a folk legend explaining a geographic feature. A pillar of salt named "Lot's wife" is located near the Dead Sea at Mount Sodom in Israel. The Mishnah states that a blessing should be said at the place where the pillar of salt is. Other pillars are said to be at the crossing of the Red
Bible translations into Danish Bible translations into Danish The history of Bible translations into Danish begins with Christian II's New Testament of 1524. Hans Tavsen published the Pentateuch in 1535. Later translators include Christen Pedersen and Hans Povlsen Resen. The Danish as all the other North Germanic languages were so heavily influenced by the German language, and therefore as a result practically all writings including the Bible were more German than Danish. The uneducated peasants had difficulty understanding the Danish Bible which was practically a direct translation of Martin Luther's Bible. Therefore, as soon as Bishop Hans Povlsen Resen’s translation of 1607 was published,