John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:29
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain ,.... Not when he had destroyed them, but when he was about to destroy them; for Lot was sent out from them, and delivered out of them, before they were destroyed; and therefore Noldius rightly renders the words, "before God destroyed" F13 בשחת "antequam perderet", Nold. Ebr. concord. partic. p. 144. No. 679. them: that God remembered Abraham ; his promise to him, that he would bless them that blessed him, Genesis... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:28
And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain ,.... To see how it fared with them: very probably the Lord had hinted it to him, that the destruction would be that morning, and therefore he rose early, got to the place bearly, and being on an eminence, looked wistly to see if he could observe any sign of it: and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace ; after the fiery shower was over, and the cities burnt down, the smoke... read more