Creation & Patriarchs
Sodom Destroyed
Sodom Destroyed is dated ≈ 2070 BC in the Modern reckoning and 1897 BC in the Traditional. It is told in Genesis 18:20–19:29. Abraham, God, Lot, Daughter of Lot - Younger, Daughter of Lot - Older are part of it.
Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
When did it happen?
- Modern reckoning
- ≈ 2070 BC (placed between the dated events around it)
- Traditional reckoning
- 1897 BC
Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.
Where is it in the Bible?
Who was there, and where?
Where: Sodom, Gomorrah.
Which verses connect to Genesis 18:20?
The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).
- Genesis 19:136 votes
because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.”
- Isaiah 3:95 votes
The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.
- Ezekiel 16:49–505 votes
Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy. Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen.
- Genesis 4:104 votes
“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.
- Genesis 13:134 votes
But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.
- James 5:43 votes
Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.