Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 19:21

21 And he said unto him, see, I have accepted thee concerning this thing, that I will not overthrow this City for the which thou hast spoken.

Heb. I have lift up thy countenance, i. e. granted thy request. The manner of the expression possibly may be taken from the custom of the Eastern parts; where petitioners used not to fall upon their knees, as we do, but to prostrate themselves with their face to the ground, and the person to whom they addressed themselves, in token of his favourable acceptance of their petitions, commanded them to be lifted up.

Marginal references: Heb. thy face.