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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The trip serves as a useful decompression chamber between Sodom and Gomorrah and Eden — an overture to “City,” through an increasingly barren, eye-popping landscape.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2022

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

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2020

We come by it honestly: Jews have been arguing since Abraham verbally jousted with God over the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah.

From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2018

Most opposition is based on the Koran's story of Lot, which is similar to the Old Testament's story of Sodom and Gomorrah.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2016

And what do they mean by Sodom and Gomorrah?

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