Some say he is just a strict judge but gnostics disagree.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2019&version=CEB
6 Lot went out toward the entrance, closed the door behind him, 7 and said, “My brothers, don’t do such an evil thing. 8 I’ve got two daughters who are virgins. Let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them whatever you wish. But don’t do anything to these men because they are now under the protection of my roof.”