A more accurate view would state Sodom and Gomorrah were cities known for their many sinful actions, including homosexuality and even the attempted same-sex gang rape of visitors, and had fewer than ten righteous people. Once the beggar died of starvation, citizens who initially gave the beggar the coins were permitted to retrieve them, provided that they could recognize it. The citizens would give them marked coins (presumably used to purchase food) but were nonetheless forbidden, by proclamation, to provide these necessary services. —Matthew 10:14–15. Lot is encamped within the borders of Sodom at a time when "the men of Sodom [are] wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly". [52], Rictor Norton views classical Jewish texts as stressing the cruelty and lack of hospitality of the inhabitants of Sodom to the "stranger". [12], The Quran contains twelve references to "the people of Lut", the biblical Lot, but meaning the residents of Sodom and Gomorrah, and their destruction by God is associated explicitly with their homosexual practices. Directed by Robert Aldrich. In Ezekiel 16:48–50, God compares Jerusalem to Sodom, saying "Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters." Lot was warned about this destruction by the two angels he protected from the men of the city. It also did good - The Spectator", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sodom_and_Gomorrah&oldid=1022125762, CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles lacking reliable references from November 2014, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2018, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2017, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. The citizens also regularly tortured foreigners who sought lodging. ), CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (, Bailey, Homosexuality and Western Tradition, pp. Info. The wickedness of the city became proverbial. They did this by providing the foreigners a standard-sized beds and if they saw that the foreigners were too short for the beds, they would forcibly stretch their limbs but if the foreigners were too tall, they would cut off their legs. The sin of sodomy was an offense against nature frequently connected with idolatrous practices. Die Drohung gilt … And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good."[24]. [28], The Jewish historian Josephus identifies the Dead Sea in geographic proximity to the ancient biblical city of Sodom. Harris spent a … In unserem Beispiel ist die Mutter von Jennifer und Felix entsetzt über das Chaos im Partykeller und ruft deshalb "Sodom und Gomorra"! [46] However, Alfonso Archi states that, judging from the surrounding city names in the cuneiform list, si-da-mu lies in northern Syria and not near the Dead Sea, and ì-ma-ar is a variant of ì-mar, known to represent Emar, an ancient city located near Ebla. Directed by Artie Mitchell, Jim Mitchell. 4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both young and old, all the people from every quarter.5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him: 'Where are the men that came in to thee this night? gibt so mancher seine Entrüstung kund, zum Beispiel über große Unordnung, Unmoral oder Ausschweifung. So will I do to those who have not listened to me, says the Lord Almighty.". Moses referred to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah in Deuteronomy 29:22–23: So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the Lord hath laid upon it; And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath.—KJV. "[62] Michaelson places the story of Sodom in context with other Genesis stories regarding Abraham's hospitality to strangers, and argues that when other texts in the Hebrew Bible mention Sodom, they do so without commentary on homosexuality. The names si-da-mu [TM.76.G.524] and ì-ma-ar [TM.75.G.1570 and TM.75.G.2233] were identified as representing Sodom and Gomorrah, which gained some acceptance at the time. [13], The etymology of both names is uncertain, and scholars disagree about them. ", The two angels proceed to Sodom, and Abraham inquires if the Lord will spare the city should fifty righteous people be found within it, to which the Lord agrees. Homosexual activity is not mentioned. The story of the judgment of Sodom and Gomorrah is told in Genesis 18–19. In Luke 17:28–30, Jesus compares his Second Coming to the judgment of Sodom and Gomorrah (KJV): "Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded, but the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. With Priscilla Alden, Tom Bowden, Sean Brancato, Deborah Brast. [58][55], The provision of bread and water to the poor was also a capital offense (Yalḳ., Gen. 83). To this day, the area where Sodom and Gomorrah were located remains a desolate wasteland. In Abrahamic religions, Sodom and Gomorrah have become synonymous with impenitent sin, and their fall with a proverbial manifestation of divine retribution. In the Septuagint, these became Σόδομα (Sódoma) and Γόμορρᾰ (Gómorrha; the Hebrew ghayn was absorbed by ayin sometime after the Septuagint was transcribed, it is still pronounced as a voiced uvular fricative in Mizrahi, which is rendered in Greek by a gamma, a voiced velar stop). —Jude 1:7, This reference to "going after strange flesh" is understood in different ways to include something akin to bestiality, having illicit sex with strangers, having sex with angels, but most often God's destruction of the populations of the four cities is interpreted to mean homosexual (same-sex) relations. "[48], Though later Hebrew prophets named the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah as adultery,[49] pridefulness,[50] and uncharitableness,[51] the vast majority of exegesis related to the stories of Sodom and Gomorrah view it as an exemplative condemnation of homosexuality. Jennifer und ihr Bruder Felix grinsen sich verunsichert an - die Zwillinge hatten am Vorabend in ihren Geburtstag hinein gefeiert. The cities themselves were not physically in the valley – but the battle was! —Ezekiel 16:49–50, Here the nonsexual view focuses on the inhospitality aspect, while the other notes the description detestable or abomination, the Hebrew word for which often denotes moral sins, including those of a sexual nature.[77][78]. Gomorrah was a biblical place always associated with Sodom. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. And I don’t see that gay marriage damages anyone … As the Creator of all things, God has the divine … [37][better source needed] Collins is a professor at Trinity Southwest as well as Professor of Archaeology and Biblical History at Veritas International University. —Genesis 19:5. Sodom and Gomorrah and their fiery fate crop up in the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament, in the Torah, and in the Quran. [58], Jon D. Levenson views a rabbinic tradition described in the Mishnah as postulating that the sin of Sodom was a violation of conventional hospitality in addition to homosexual conduct, describing Sodom's lack of generosity with the saying, "What is mine is mine; what is yours is yours" (m. Avot 5.10). In Matthew 11:20–24, Jesus prophesies the fate of some cities where he did some of his works (KJV): "And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to Hell: for if the mighty works which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom it would have remained until this day. In 2 Peter 2:4–10, Saint Peter says that just as God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah and saved Lot, he will deliver godly people from temptations and punish the wicked on Judgement Day. [74], Both the non-sexual and the homosexuality view invoke certain classical writings as well as other portions of the Bible. As the mob instead settles for the rape and murder of the foreigner's female concubine in the Battle of Gibeah story, the homosexual aspect is generally seen as inconsequential, and the ethical downfall is understood to be the violence and the threat of violence towards foreigners by the mob. (NRSV: know them, NIV: can have sex with them, NJB: can have intercourse with them). Rabbi Basil Herring, who served as head of the Rabbinical Council of America from 2003 to 2012, writes that both the Rabbinic tradition and modern orthodox position consider the Torah to condemn homosexuality as an abomination. Hier findet ihr eine Übersicht bekannter Redewendungen. Divine judgment was passed upon them and four of them were consumed by fire and brimstone. No archaeological site or ruin has, or thus far, can be, reliably determined as Sodom or Gomorrah. The Battle of Siddim is described in Genesis 14:1–17. "Sodom and Gomorrah" becomes a byword for destruction and desolation. Nach der biblischen Erzählung sucht Gott daraufhin Abraham in Gestalt dreier Engel auf und teilt ihm mit, dass er Sodom (wo sich Abrahams Neffe Lot aufhält) und Gomorra vernichten wolle. [31][32][33] According to Schaub, who dug at Bab edh-Dhra, Numeira was destroyed in 2600 BCE at a different time period than Bab edh-Dhra (2350–2067 BCE). Diese fanden sich jedoch nicht und so wurden Sodom und Gomorra hart bestraft: Beide Städte wurden ausgelöscht. This argument that the violence and the threat of violence towards foreign visitors is the true ethical downfall of Sodom (and not homosexuality), also observes the similarity between the Sodom and Gomorrah and the Battle of Gibeah Bible stories. God condemned their sin and brought judgment upon the cities, sparing Lot and his two daughters (Lot's wife was also given opportunity to escape, though she disobeyed while fleeing and … [75][76], Now this was the sin of Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. Sodom was evidently the chief town in the settlement. Rabbinic writings affirm that the Sodomites also committed economic crimes, blasphemy, and bloodshed. Mose 19:24). Mit dem Ausruf "Sodom und Gomorra!" [60] Her cries went to the heavens[55] Another woman was similarly executed in Admah for giving a traveler, who intended to leave the town the next day, water. Merrill, Eugene H. "Texts, Talls, and Old Testament Chronology: Tall Hammam as a Case Study". In addition, it is argued the word used in the King James Version of the Bible for "strange", can mean unlawful or corrupted (Rm. Man sagt, die Zerstörung wurde durch einen Meteoriten verursacht. Bert de Vries, "Archaeology in Jordan", ed. A weird mix of Biblical history, hardcore sex, space aliens, and just sheer weirdness. They found themselves in total darkness, as each one groped around to find his own door. Pierre Bikai. The Book of Genesis is the primary source that mentions the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Carter said, “Jesus would promote any love affair if it was honest or sincere and was not damaging to anyone else. When the scandal was revealed, the woman was stripped naked and covered with honey. The Bible places Sodom and Gomorrah in the region of the Dead Sea, between what are now Israel and Jordan in the Middle East. Other possibilities include Numeira, al-Safi, Feifa (or Fifa, Feifah), and Khirbet al-Khanazir, which were also visited by Schaub and Rast. While the story of Sodom and Gomorrah has become implicated in discussions of sexuality and the Bible, its relationship to prohibitions of same-gender sexual relations is far from clear. [53] The people of Sodom were seen as guilty of many other significant sins. Lot's angelic guests rescued him and struck the men with blindness and they informed Lot of their mission to destroy the city, then they commanded Lot to gather his family and leave. 1–28; McNeil, Church and the Homosexual, pp. Überlebt haben Sodom und Gomorra trotzdem - wenn auch nur als Redewendung. Sodom and Gomorrah are two of the Old Testament’s most infamously sinful cities. Two girls, one poor and the other rich, went to a well, and the former gave the latter her jug of water, receiving in return a vessel containing bread. You can’t decide to live near sin and think it won’t affect you. In 2 Esdras 7:106, Ezra says that Abraham prayed for the people of Sodom. Lot entstammt dem hebräischen Clan, dem sich Gott bereits früher offenbart hat. In the Plain of Sdom (מישור סדום) to the south there are a few springs and two small agricultural villages, Neot HaKikar and Ein Tamar. Jeremiah 23:14, Jeremiah 49:17–18, Jeremiah 50:39–40 and Lamentations 4:6 associate Sodom and Gomorrah with adultery and lies, prophesy the fate of Edom (south of the Dead Sea), predict the fate of Babylon and use Sodom as a comparison. The Hebrew Bible—and even Jesus himself—criticize Sodom not for its irregular sexual practices, but for its inhospitality and arrogance. 14:24; Ezek. SODOM "Sodom & Gomorrah" (Official Lyric Video) - YouTube. One such idea is that the Dead Sea was devastated by an earthquake between 2100 and 1900 BCE. Die deutsche Redewendung hat ihren Ursprung in der Bibel, genauer im Alten Testament (1. B. Mt. I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed. Sodom and Gomorrah was an ancient city of Syria located in the plain of Jordan. These five cities, also known as the "cities of the plain" (a phrase taken from Genesis in the King James Version), were situated on the Jordan River plain in the southern region of the land of Canaan. Bring them out unto us, that we may know them.' [54], Other extrabiblical crimes committed by Sodom and Gomorrah included extortion on crossing a bridge/or swimming a river, harshly punishing victims for crimes that the perpetrator committed, forcing an assault victim to pay for the perpetrator's "bleeding"[55] and forcing a woman to marry a man who intentionally caused her miscarriage to compensate for the lost child. The most recent surveys suggested that the visible structures of the walled site belonged to the Iron Age or Roman period. 179–197. Welche Bedeutung dieser Ausdruck hat, erfahrt ihr hier, Wir nehmen die geflügelten Worte genauer "unter die Lupe". They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns from his wickedness. [68], Those who favor the non-sexual interpretation argue against a denotation of sexual behavior in this context, noting that while the Hebrew word for "know" appears over 900 times in the Hebrew Scriptures, only 1% (13–14 times)[53][69] of those references are clearly used as a euphemism for realizing sexual intimacy. They are found on the Biblical Timeline between 2000 BC and 1900 BC. According to the Torah, the kingdoms of Sodom and Gomorrah were allied with the cities of Admah, Zeboim, and Bela. For because they passed wisdom by, they not only were hindered from recognizing the good, but also left for mankind a reminder of their folly, so that their failures could never go unnoticed. [14], They are known in Hebrew as .mw-parser-output .script-hebrew,.mw-parser-output .script-Hebr{font-family:"SBL Hebrew","SBL BibLit","Taamey Ashkenaz","Taamey Frank CLM","Frank Ruehl CLM","Ezra SIL","Ezra SIL SR","Keter Aram Tsova","Taamey David CLM","Keter YG","Shofar","David CLM","Hadasim CLM","Simple CLM","Nachlieli",Cardo,Alef,"Noto Serif Hebrew","Noto Sans Hebrew","David Libre",David,"Times New Roman",Gisha,Arial,FreeSerif,FreeSans}סְדֹם (Səḏōm) and עֲמֹרָה (‘Ămōrāh). The Bible tells us all the inhabitants were depraved. Buch Mose). 19 The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. They had to GO OUT of their cities to get into the valley. Archäologen glauben nun, die antike Stadt Sodom gefunden haben. She met her fate in the disaster, and only Lot and his family were saved during the destruction of their city,[86] with the understanding that the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah are identified in Genesis, but "the location remains unnamed in the Qur'an"[87]. Three men come to Abraham in the plains of Mamre. Wisdom 19:17 says that the Egyptians who enslaved the Israelites were "struck with blindness, like the men of Sodom who came to the door of that righteous man Lot. [67] For this reason, many of the most popular of the 20th century translations, including the New International Version, the New King James Version, and the New Living Translation, translate yada as "have sex with" or "know ... carnally" in Gen 19:5. In Matthew 10:1–15, cf. [40][41][42], It has been theorized that if the story does have a historical basis, the cities may have been destroyed by a natural disaster. Wählen Sie aus erstklassigen Inhalten zum Thema Sodom And Gomorrah … The site of the present Dead Sea Works, a large operation for the extraction of Dead Sea minerals, is called "Sdom" (סדום) according to its traditional Arab name, Khirbet as-sudūm (خربت السدوم). Share. Then Gabriel met Lot and said that he must leave the city quickly, as God had given this command to Lot for saving his life. The Biblical Account (Genesis 19:1-29) Sodom and Gomorrah have come to be two of the most infamous cities in the history of the world. He refers to the lake by its Greek name, Asphaltites. [64][80], Scholar in history and gender studies Lisa McClain has claimed that the association between Sodom and Gomorrah with homosexuality emerged from the writings of 1st century Jewish philosopher Philo, and that no prior exegesis of the text suggested such a linkage. Sollten sich aber zehn Rechtschaffende finden, so würde er jede Stadt verschonen. Die beiden Städte Sodom und Gomorra (auch Gomorrha) nahe des Toten Meeres werden dort als Orte beschrieben, in denen Menschen ein lasterhaftes und gottloses Leben führten. The plain was compared to the garden of Eden[Gen.13:10] as being well-watered and green, suitable for grazing livestock. Lot, leader of the Hebrews, believes his people can co-exist with the Sodomites, a disastrous decision. Archäologen haben die bronzezeitliche Stadt Tall el-Hammam in Jordanien ausgraben. Reading the story of Sodom as being about homosexuality is like reading the story of an ax murderer as being about an ax. Chapter 12 of 1 Meqabyan, a book considered canonical in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, references "Gemorra an Sedom". Es gibt übrigens noch eine ganze Reihe weiterer deutscher Redewendungen, die ihren Ursprung in der Bibel haben. Jude 1:7 records that both Sodom and Gomorrah were "giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire". The nonsexual view focuses on the cultural importance of hospitality, which this biblical story shares with other ancient civilizations, such as Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, where hospitality was of singular importance and strangers were under the protection of the gods. Nach der biblischen Erzählung sucht Gott daraufhin Abraham in Gestalt dreier Engel auf und teilt ihm mit, dass er Sodom (wo sich Abrahams Neffe Lot aufhält) und Gomorra vernichten wolle. Woher kommen die Phrasen und was bedeuten sie? O wicked nation, remember what I did to Sodom and Gomor′rah, whose land lies in lumps of pitch and heaps of ashes. 1:6), and that the apocryphal Second Book of Enoch condemns "sodomitic" sex (2 Enoch 10:3; 34:1),[73] thus indicating that homosexual relations was the prevalent physical sin of Sodom. In Amos 4:1–11, God tells the Israelites that although he treated them like Sodom and Gomorrah, they still did not repent. [27] Sayce later mentions that the story more closely resembles the doom of Sennacherib's host. Within the Christian Churches that agree on the possible sexual interpretation of "know" (yada) in this context, there is still a difference of opinion on whether homosexuality is important. Sodom (bisweilen neben Gomorrha) werden gleich siebenmal genannt; es ist zum Bild apokalyptischer Verwüstung schlechthin geworden; doch es fehlen alle näheren Hinweise auf den Grund dieses Untergangs, vielmehr zeigt sich jetzt ein apokalyptischer Horizont: „Es wird dem Lande Sodom und Gomorrha am Tage des Gerichts erträglicher ergehen …“ (Mt 10,15; vgl. In the Gospel of Matthew (and corresponding verse) when Jesus warns of a worse judgment for some cities than Sodom, inhospitality is perceived by some as the sin, while others see it fundamentally being impenitence: If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town. In the thirteenth year of their subjugation, the five kings of the Jordan plain—Bera, Birsha, Shinab of Admah, Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the unnamed king of Bela (later called Zoar)—ally to rebel against Elam. A number of contemporary scholars dispute this interpretation. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen. "Da ließ der Herr Schwefel und Feuer regnen von Himmel herab auf Sodom und Gomorra", heißt es in der Bibel (1. Sodom und Gomorra (Gen 19) sowie Adma und Zebojim gelten im Alten Testament als Orte der Sünde, die von Gott zerstört wurden. Both universities espouse Biblical inerrancy. Burton MacDonald, "EB IV Tombs at Khirbet Khanazir: Types, Construction, and Relation to Other EB IV Tombs in Syria-Palestine", R. Thomas Schaub, "Southeast Dead Sea Plain", in. She stayed behind and was destroyed with whoever else was left. (eds. Die beiden Städte Sodom und Gomorra (auch Gomorrha) nahe des Toten Meeres werden dort als Orte beschrieben, in denen Menschen ein lasterhaftes und gottloses Leben führten. [10][11][12] Some Islamic societies incorporate punishments associated with Sodom and Gomorrah into sharia. [47] Today, the scholarly consensus is that "Ebla has no bearing on ... Sodom and Gomorra. With Stewart Granger, Pier Angeli, Stanley Baker, Rossana Podestà. However, in 1993 Nancy Lapp, from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, reported that Feifa had no Bronze Age occupation and merely an Early Bronze Age (EB) cemetery with Iron Age walls. It was a very old city believed by many to be a located on a… Sex, torture and betrayal in Biblical Sodom and Gomorrah. Countering this is the observation that one of the examples of "know" meaning to know sexually occurs when Lot responds to the Gen 19:5 request, by offering his daughters for rape, only three verses later in the same narrative: Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing.... —Genesis 19:8. Later deuterocanonical texts attempt to glean additional insights about these cities of the Jordan Plain and their residents. And they were haughty, and did toevah before me, and I took them away as I saw fit." But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgement, than for thee". As they made their escape, one angel commanded Lot to "look not behind thee" (singular "thee"). This Exodus 22:21–24 lesson is viewed by Anglicans as a more historically accurate way to interpret the Sodom and Gomorrah story. As Sodom and Gomorrah were being destroyed with brimstone and fire from the Lord, Lot's wife looked back at the city, and she became a pillar of salt. 42–50; Boswell, Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality, pp. Nearby is Mount Sodom (הר סדום in Hebrew and جبل السدوم in Arabic) which consists mainly of salt. There are other stories and historical names which bear a resemblance to the biblical stories of Sodom and Gomorrah. [38][39], Professor Eugene H. Merrill believes that the identification of Tall el-Hammam with Sodom would require an unacceptable restructuring of the biblical chronology. God can and does judge upon the motives of the … In the Quran it was written that Lot's wife stayed behind as she had transgressed. In den frühgeschichtlichen Städten Sodom und Gomorrha herrscht ein wildes Treiben, das Gott, dem Schöpfer der Menschheit, ganz und gar nicht gefällt. For other uses, see. The stories of Sodom and Gomorrah and their destruction, whether historical or not, were clearly understood to have been set near the Dead Sea, among the so-called "cities of the plain" mentioned in Genesis 13:12. Whether it was homosexuality or another transgression, such as the act of inhospitable behavior towards visitors, the act of sexual assault, murder, theft, adultery, idolatry, power abuses, or prideful and mocking behavior, This page was last edited on 8 May 2021, at 16:34. Additionally, the sins which triggered the destruction are reminiscent of the Book of Judges' account of The Levite's Concubine.[23]. The divine judgment of the cities of the Plain follows an encounter in Scripture between God and Abraham, in which God appears to Abraham as a man, accompanied by two other men. Straight & Narrow? While Sodom and Gomorrah were guilty of many other horrendous sins, homosexuality was the principle reason God poured fiery sulfur on the cities, completely destroying them and all of their inhabitants. Recently, Franklin Graham reacted to a comment made by former President Jimmy Carter to the Huffington Post several years ago. [83][84][85], The 'people of Lot' transgressed consciously against the bounds of God. Even thus will it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. They were haughty and did detestable things before me. It is commonly mentioned in connection with Gomorrah, but also with Admah and Zeboim, and on one occasion -- (Genesis 14:1)... --with Bela or Zoar. [34], Another candidate for Sodom is the Tall el-Hammam dig site which began in 2006 under the direction of Steven Collins. Sodom and Gomorrah were two cities mentioned in the Book of Genesis and throughout the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and in the deuterocanonical books, as well as in the Quran and the Hadith. Sodom and Gomorrah How the “classical” interpretation gets it wrong By Perry Kea | 9/19/18. [79] James L. Kugel, Starr Professor of Hebrew Literature at Harvard University suggests the story encompasses the sexual and non-sexual: the Sodomites were guilty of stinginess, inhospitality and sexual license, homo- and heterosexual in contrast to the generosity of Abraham, and Lot whose behavior in protecting the visitors but offering his daughters suggests he was "scarcely better than his neighbors" according to some ancient commentators, The Bible As It Was, 1997, pp. 92–97, Lv.18:22; 26–27,29,30; 20:13; Dt. He was told to take his family and find refuge in the mountains. 2 “My lords,” he said, “please turn aside to your servant’s house. Commentary: This was his wife, who was a bad old woman. This attracted bees as the woman was slowly stung to death. Sodom and Gomorrah — known in the United States as The Last Days of Sodom and Gomorrah — is This might have unleashed showers of steaming tar. Lk 10.12). This article is about the biblical cities. 7:3; Gal. 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