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Why did Lot’s wife look back?

Question

Why did Lot’s wife looked back at Sodom?

Answer

Remember the 60’s television series, Green Acres? The “big city” wife, moved to rural America, always looked back. There were things that she liked that she was leaving behind.

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Eliahu Levenson

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