Commento su Genesi 19:22
מַהֵר֙ הִמָּלֵ֣ט שָׁ֔מָּה כִּ֣י לֹ֤א אוּכַל֙ לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת דָּבָ֔ר עַד־בֹּאֲךָ֖ שָׁ֑מָּה עַל־כֵּ֛ן קָרָ֥א שֵׁם־הָעִ֖יר צֽוֹעַר׃
Rifuggi presto colà, poiché non posso far nulla sinchè tu non sii arrivato là. Perciò la città ebbe nome Sòar [cioè piccola cosa, mentre in addietro chiamavasi Bela].
Rashi on Genesis
כי לא אוכל לעשות FOR I CANNOT DO [ANY THING]—This admission of their powerlessness was the angels’ punishment for having said, (v. 13) “For we will destroy the city”, attributing the act to themselves; therefore they could not go away from there (i. e., the incident could not close) until they were compelled to admit that the thing was not in their power) (Genesis Rabbah 50:9).
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Radak on Genesis
מהר..כי לא אוכל, because I have been commanded not to destroy the region until you have been saved.
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Siftei Chakhamim
From this you can learn that one destroys and the other rescues... But v. 17 does not prove this. Although it is written there, “He [the one angel] said, ‘Escape for your life,’” and it is not written, “They said,” it could be that only one angel rescued, but they both overturned.
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