And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.
Peace be with thee - the genuine Hebrew and Oriental salutations still in use.
Only lodge not in the street. Since this is no rare or singular circumstance in the East (see the note at Genesis 19:2), the probability is that the old man's earnest dissuasive from such a procedure arose from his acquaintance with the infamous practices of the place.