I have accepted thee; Heb. I have lift up thy countenance, i.e. granted thy request. The manner of the expression possibly may be taken from the custom of the eastern parts; where petitioners used not to fall upon their knees as we do, but to prostrate themselves with their face to the ground; and the person to whom they addressed themselves, in token of his favourable acceptance of their petitions, commanded them to be lifted up.
Related Commentaries of Genesis 19:21
Genesis 19:21
21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted theeb concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.