'Look not back behind thee,' as in Genesis 19:17, means that Lot, who represents the good of charity, should not look to matters of doctrine. 'To look up,' is to look to celestial things. In Genesis 18:22, looking signifies thinking because seeing denotes understanding.

(références: Arcana Coelestia 2245)

2244. Verse 22 And the men looked from there and went towards Sodom; and Abraham still stood before Jehovah.

'The men looked from there' means the Lord's thought from the Divine. 'And went towards Sodom' means concerning the human race which was immersed in such great evil. 'And Abraham still stood before Jehovah' means the Lord's thought from the Human which was joined to the Divine in the manner stated above.