Hey, this is Dan at Bible Project. I'm the lead podcast editor.

And you might know that we've been exploring a theme called the City.

You know, this is such a big theme that we've actually decided to do two separate Q and R

episodes for it. So we're now taking questions for the first Q and R and we would really love to

hear from you. You can record your question by June 9th and send it to us at info at BibleProject.com.

Let us know your name, where you're from, and try and keep your question to about 20 seconds.

And if you're able to, please transcribe your question in the email when you send it to us.

That is a huge help to our team. Again, our email is info at BibleProject.com.

Okay, that's it. We are really looking forward to hearing from you. Here's our episode.

Before we dive into today's episode, a quick content warning.

Today's episode contains some heavy subjects, including sexual abuse, rape, and incest.

We are exploring the theme of the city. Because of that theme, we're about to encounter the darkest parts of human nature.

Today, we're talking about the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, which brings us face to face with some of the most difficult stories in the Genesis scroll.

You can't talk about the city in the Bible without talking about the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.

Babylon is an icon of everything that's wrong with the human city.

Sodom and Gomorrah is like a close second.

When Abraham and Lot choose to go their separate ways, Lot looks to the east and sees a land that he thinks looks like the garden of Eden.

And so he heads out there to Sodom and Gomorrah.

But when God visits Abraham, God tells him of the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah that it's great

and the outcry of those suffering are rising up to him.

This word outcry is a synonym of the blood of Abel, crying out from the ground.

So when there is an outcry to God, it's a call to God against some oppressor,

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