But when he saw that their hands did not reach out towards it, he deemed their conduct strange and became apprehensive of them.* [But] they said: "Fear not! Behold, we are sent to the people of Lot.*
[And when he saw that the guests would not eat,] he became apprehensive of them;* [but] they said, Fear not" - and gave him the glad tiding of [the birth of] a son who would be endowed with deep knowledge.*