Comentario sobre Génesis 19:28
וַיַּשְׁקֵ֗ף עַל־פְּנֵ֤י סְדֹם֙ וַעֲמֹרָ֔ה וְעַֽל־כָּל־פְּנֵ֖י אֶ֣רֶץ הַכִּכָּ֑ר וַיַּ֗רְא וְהִנֵּ֤ה עָלָה֙ קִיטֹ֣ר הָאָ֔רֶץ כְּקִיטֹ֖ר הַכִּבְשָֽׁן׃
Y miró hacia Sodoma y Gomorra, y hacia toda la tierra de aquella llanura miró; y he aquí que el humo subía de la tierra como el humo de un horno.
Rashi on Genesis
קיטר signifies a column of smoke. old French torche; English torch.
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Rashbam on Genesis
וישקף, to see if 10 righteous people had been found there (and the city had survived).
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Sforno on Genesis
וישקף, a hostile kind of looking, motivated by their excess wickedness.
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Radak on Genesis
וישקף...קיטור הארץ, smoke, from the fire which had burned the earth.
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Chizkuni
וישקף על פני סדום, “he looked down in the direction of Sodom” to see if 10 just people had been found that were deserving of being saved.
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Rashi on Genesis
הכבשן A FURNACE — an excavation in which they burn stone to lime. This is the meaning of כבשן wherever it occurs in the Torah.
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Sforno on Genesis
קיטור הארץ, when he saw the smoke he realised that it was too late to pray on behalf of these people.
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Radak on Genesis
הכבשן, a sort of kiln in which one fires stones and loam into earthenware. Alternately, this kiln is used to wash earthenware vessels.
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