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2. God granted him his request, though there was much infirmity in it, Ge 19:21, 22. See what favour God showed to a true saint, though weak.
(1.) Zoar was spared, to gratify him. Though his intercession for it was not, as Abraham's for Sodom, from a principle of generous charity, but merely from self-interest, yet God granted him his request, to show how much the fervent prayer of a righteous man avails.
(2.) Sodom's ruin was suspended till he was safe: I cannot do anything till thou shalt have come thither. Note, The very presence of good men in a place helps to keep off judgments. See what care God takes for the preservation of his people. The winds are held till God's servants are sealed, Re 7:3, Eze 9:4.
19 behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast
magnified thy mercy, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
20 behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: O, let
me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. he errs by choosing another place than the angel had appointed him.
21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this
thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be
come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar [little].
The ruin of Sodom was suspended till he was secure. What care God does take of His people (Re 7:3)! What a proof of the love which God bore to a good though weak man!
23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
It is taken notice of that the sun had risen when Lot entered into Zoar; for when a good man comes into a place he brings light along with him, or should do.