2421. Verses 18-19 And Lot said to them, Not so, my Lords. Behold now, your servant has found grace in your eyes, and you have magnified your mercy which you have shown to me in causing my soul to live. But I shall not be able to escape into the mountain in case the evil clings to me and I die.

'Lot said to them, Not so, my Lords' means weakness in that he could not do so. 'Behold now, your servant has found grace in your eyes' means a state of humility resulting from the affection for truth. 'You have magnified your mercy' means a likeness of a state of humility resulting from the affection for good. 'Which you have shown to me in causing my soul to live' means because of His desire to save him. 'But I shall not be able to escape into the mountain' means doubt as to whether he would be able to possess good that flows from charity. 'In case the evil clings to me and I die' means it would inevitably result in evil existing with him at the same time and that this being so he would be condemned.