Lot was paralyzed by the great calamity about to occur; he was stupefied with grief at the thought of leaving all he held dear on earth. But as he lingered, the angels of God laid hold upon his hand, and the hands of his wife and two daughters, and brought them out of the city, and charged them to flee for their lives, neither to look behind them nor to stay upon all the plain, but to escape to the mountains. {4T 111.2}

Lot blev lammet over den store katastrofe der skulle til at ske, han blev bedøvet af sorg over tanken at forlade alle hans kære jordiske ejendele. Men idet han stod der, tog Guds engle fat i hans hånd og hans hustrus og to døtres hænder og bragte dem ud af byen og lod dem flygte for deres liv og hverken se bagud eller stå på hele sletten, men flygte op i bjergene.