When he drove the man out, he placed on the eastern side of the orchard in Eden angelic sentries who used the flame of a whirling sword to guard the way to the tree of life.

“Very well,” he replied, “I will grant this request too and will not overthrow the town you mentioned.

So he overthrew those cities and all that region, including all the inhabitants of the cities and the vegetation that grew from the ground.

So when God destroyed the cities of the region, God honored Abraham’s request. He removed Lot from the midst of the destruction when he destroyed the cities Lot had lived in.