'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.

(参照: Arcana Coelestia 2245)

4732. ‘Et eripuit eum e manu eorum’: quod significet liberationem, constat absque explicatione.