And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
Ver. 22. Abraham stood yet before the Lord.] And without such to stand and pray, the world could not stand: they bear up the pillars of it. Oh, the price with God, and profit to men, of praying persons! God will yield something to such, when most of all enraged Mat 24:20 or resolved. Lot was saved for Abraham's sake, when all the rest perished.