Lux Domini
But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

What does Genesis 13:13 mean?

Abram having offered Lot the choice, he at once accepted it. Passion and selfishness make men rude.

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Keep this verse inside Genesis 13:10-13 and alongside a few nearby related passages.

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Sodom Place

Burning; the walled, a city in the vale of Siddim ( Gen. 13:10 ; 14:1-16 ). The wickedness of its inhabitants brought down upon it fire from heaven, by which it was destroyed (18:16-33; 19:1-29; Deut. 23:17 ). Modern identification: south of the Lisan.