Genesis 19:15-17

"And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are here, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. But he lingered, and the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters, Jehovah being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth and set him without the city. And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountains, lest thou be consumed."

"Thy two daughters that are here ..." This indicates that other daughters were "not here" and would therefore be left behind.

"But he lingered ..." There is not a sadder scene in the dramatic literature of all mankind than this. What a tragic situation! Sons and married daughters, their extensive possessions, all that they had, remained in the doomed city, and it was humanly almost impossible for Lot to tear himself away from it all, and his poor wife failed utterly to do so. Not even Lot would have been spared, but the special mercy of Jehovah exceeded all that could have been imagined in order to save him anyway.

"Escape to the mountains ..." This is a reference to the mountains of Moab (as later called), lying east and southeast from the doomed cities. The plea of Lot, next related, may be viewed only with disgust. What a marvel it is that Jehovah did not lose patience with him!