Sodom and Gomorrah
Cities destroyed by God in the Book of Genesis / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the biblical cities. For other uses, see Sodom and Gomorrah (disambiguation).
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In the Abrahamic religions, Sodom and Gomorrah (/ˈsɒdəm/; /ɡəˈmɒrə/) were two cities destroyed by God for their wickedness.[1] Their story parallels the Genesis flood narrative in its theme of God's anger provoked by man's sin (see Genesis 19:1–28).[2][3] They are mentioned frequently in the prophets and the New Testament as symbols of human wickedness and divine retribution, and the Quran also contains a version of the story about the two cities.[4]