Sodom and Gomorrah - Genesis 18:16 - 19:29

In which book of the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament is the primary narrative of Sodom and Gomorrah found?

Who pleaded with God to spare Sodom if a certain number of righteous people could be found there?

Lot was Abraham's son.

According to Genesis, what happened to Lot's wife when she looked back at Sodom?

The biblical account says Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed by a flood.

Which of the following is a traditional interpretation in many Jewish and Christian readings of Sodom's sin?

The Qur'an refers to the people of Lot and their punishment in several surahs.

Modern scholars and archaeologists often associate the biblical Sodom and Gomorrah with sites near which geographical feature?

Besides Sodom and Gomorrah, which two cities are named with them among the "cities of the plain" in Genesis?

The names Sodom and Gomorrah have become idiomatic in many languages to denote extreme wickedness or vice.

Which modern English legal term derives its name from the biblical city of Sodom?

According to the Genesis account, the children born from Lot's daughters became the ancestors of which peoples?

After fleeing Sodom, Lot asked to go to the small nearby town of Zoar, and the town was spared.

In the New Testament, which figure invokes the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah as a warning to unrepentant towns?

Genesis is the only ancient text that mentions Sodom and Gomorrah.

Which archaeological site has often been proposed by scholars as a possible candidate for the biblical city of Sodom?

Which prophetic book explicitly describes Sodom's sin in terms of pride, lack of hospitality, and failure to aid the poor rather than only sexual wrongdoing?

In the Genesis narrative, what desperate offer does Lot make to the crowd outside his house to protect the visitors?

Angels visited Lot in the narrative of Sodom and Gomorrah and appeared to him in the form of men.

Geologists agree that a single meteor impact is the accepted scientific explanation for the destruction described in the Sodom and Gomorrah narrative.