The Gemara identified the "three men" in as the angels Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. Michael came to tell Sarah of Isaac's birth, Raphael came to heal Abraham, and Gabriel came to destroy Sodom. Noting that reports that "the two angels came to Sodom," the Gemara explained that Michael accompanied Gabriel to rescue Lot. The Gemara cited the use of the singular "He" in , where it says, ""He" overthrew those cities," instead of ""they" overthrew" to demonstrate that a single angel (Gabriel) destroyed the cities.