Charles Spurgeon Commentary Genesis 19:17

"And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed." — Genesis 19:17 (ASV)

Perhaps the old man's legs trembled under him; he felt that he could not run so far; and, besides, the mountain seemed so bleak and dreary; he could not quite quit the abodes of men.