Sodom and Gomorrah

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1. In the Book of Genesis, the two evil cities that God destroyed with a rain of fire and brimstone (sulfur). Before the destruction, God sent two angels in the form of men to advise all good men to leave the evil towns. God's messengers found only one good man, Lot, whom they transported from Sodom to the countryside with his wife and daughters, warning them not to look back. When Lot's wife, not heeding the warning, looked back, she became a pillar of salt.

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sodomy was supposedly practiced in the wicked city of Sodom.

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Abraham was said to have bargained for the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2023

The UnXplained The new episode “Acts of God” goes in search of the historical basis of biblical accounts of the Great Flood, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and Moses parting the Red Sea.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2022

A first edition of the Sodom and Gomorrah section from Proust’s “Remembrance of Things Past.”

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2020

“Could you tell me what this Sodom and Gomorrah is, Papa?” he asks Rigoberto innocently one afternoon.

From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2015

And what do they mean by Sodom and Gomorrah?

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank