It was just before sunrise, and the angels said to Lot, "We were sent here to destroy the whole city. You need to get out of here, now! Take your family and go!"
Lot tried to tell his daughters' husbands what was happening, but they thought he was joking. Lot dawdled. He dilly-dallied. He thought maybe he should go pack up his money and his things . . . but the angels said, "Hurry up! Hurry up! There's no time to waste!" They led him right out the door, along with his wife and his two daughters.
The angels hurried them all down the road and straight to the gate at the edge of the city. Then they said, "Run! And do not look back, no matter what!"
Lot ran. His daughters ran. Lot's wife ran, too - but she was curious and she stopped to look behind her. She saw the city in flames, and then she turned into . . . salt. (It's no coincidence that HaShem punished her this way, since she had used salt to get Lot in trouble when he was serving his guests earlier that night.)
And what happened to Lot and his daughters? They fled to safety in another city, and HaShem protected them.
Did you know that in Israel today, in the Dead Sea, there is so much salt in the water that if even if you can't swim, you'll float right up to the top! Hmm... maybe this has something to do with Lot's wife.
