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NASB | Genesis 19:24 Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 19:24 Then the LORD rained down brimstone (flaming sulfur) and fire on Sodom and on Gomorrah from the LORD out of heaven, |
Bible Question: I recently began to study the story of Sodom and Gomorrah can anyone please shed some further light on the story and give me some insight to it? I am readign the verses and getting more confused as I go on, please help! |
Bible Answer: Simply put, the two cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were the epimidy of how low the human race had sunk... again. After God had destroyed the entire earth with the flood, and only Noah and his family had survived, it didn't take long for man to become wicked once again. We first see Sodom wickedness when Abram sets out to free Lot from Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him. Genesis Chapter 14. Abram freed his nephew, Lot, and defeated Chedorlaomer and his allies. At that time Melchizedek, the king of Salem (Jerusalem), came out to bless Abram. At this belessing, Abram gave Melchizedek 10 percent of his 'bounty'. The king of Sodom wanted the people that Abram had captured... for what matter we can only imagine. Abram told him no. Then in Genesis Chapter 18, we once again find Sodom and Gomorrah in the pages of the Bible. This time, we find out how wicked they'd become. Gen 18:20 And the LORD said, "Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; Gen 18:21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know." Abram (now Abraham) pleeded with the Lord not to destroy the two sinful cities, not for 50 righteous, then 45, then 40, then 20, then 10, then 5. God told Abraham that He would not destroy them if he could find just five righteous people there. The rest of the story is in Genesis Chapter 19... He didn't, although he found Lot and led him and his two daughters to safety. His wife disobeyed the Lord's orders not to look back, and she was turned into a pillar of salt. That's the shortened story, hope that helped. Russ |
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