“Lot went out to them to the entrance, and he closed the door behind him” (Genesis 19:6). “He said: Please, my brethren, do not do evil” (Genesis 19:7). “Here now, I have two daughters who have not been intimate with a man; I will now bring them out to you, and you may do to them as is fit in your eyes; only to these men do nothing, inasmuch as they came under the shelter of my roof” (Genesis 19:8).
“Lot went out to them to the entrance…please, my brethren, do not…Here now, I have two daughters…only to these [hael] men” – these terrible acts.25This is expounded: Just to the men, do not do these terrible [hael] sins. Another interpretation, they are godly,26El means godly or mighty. they are powerful. “Inasmuch as they came under the shelter of my roof” – not due to my merit, but due to the merit of Abraham.27Abraham is described as Lot’s sheltering roof, as it was his merit that protected him from harm (see Genesis 19:29).
Another interpretation, “inasmuch as they came under the shelter of my roof” – this teaches that she [Lot’s wife] moved them [the angels] to the side of the house. She said to him: ‘If you want to receive them, receive them in your portion [of the house].’28This why Lot said: “my roof” – mine, but not my wife’s.