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What is the main source of conflict in the biblical story Sodom and Gomorrah?

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Rewarding obedience and righteousness. Typical biblical themes. Often the allusion of Sodom and Gomorrah is used to convey either total destruction or punishment of sinners.

Step-by-step explanation:

  • In the Genesis account, God reveals to Abraham that Sodom and Gomorrah are to be destroyed for their grave sins (18:20). Abraham pleads for the lives of any righteous people living there, especially the lives of his nephew, Lot, and his family.
  • In Abrahamic religions, Sodom and Gomorrah have become synonymous with impenitent sin, and their fall with a proverbial manifestation of divine retribution. The Bible mentions that the cities were destroyed for their sins, haughtiness, egoism, and an attempt at u know.

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