3144. 'And the man came to the house' means influx into the good there. This is clear from the meaning of 'coming' here as flowing in, and from the meaning of 'a house' as good, dealt with in 2233, 2234, 2559.

'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)