History Channel - Sodom & Gomorrah

[WolfBrother]

A History Channel series about the Bible stated that the sins that made Sodom & Gomorrah evil were not clearly stated.

I found two verses
KJV
Genesis 13:13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.


Genesis 18:20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

NLT Genesis 18,20 So the LORD told Abraham, "I have heard that the people of Sodom and Gomorrah are extremely evil, and that everything they do is wicked.

These verses imply sins (plural) but do not specify.

Any amplification? clarification?

[Allinall]

The sins are found deeper in the passage, when the men of the city wanted to take the angelic visitors of Lot and "know" them.  It wasn't a get to know you kinda thing, as the same Hebrew word was used for Adam "knowing" his wife.  Hence we've adopted the word Sodomy.  Suffice to say, they were bad.

BTW, I asked you before in your intro post but I don't think you got that one so I'll ask again.  Where'd ya come by your handle my friend?  

[WolfBrother]

Allinall,

WolfBrother came about as a mountan man, buckskinner, re-enactor type of handle.


I discussed the History Channel program with a Messanic Rabbi friend of mine.  He somewhat agreed with the HC people saying which sins made Sodom & Gomorrah so evil were not listed.  

We discussed the request at the door.  He said - according to his understanding Jewish law & custom at the time - the crowds demand to produce the visitors << never mind why the wanted them >> was a violation of Jewish religious law.  If I were to translate the law violation to a sin - the sin would be one of exercising improper use power/control.  Like having to sleep with the boss or lose a job.  Rabbi Mike put it in West Texas Oil Field trash concepts.  Like an oilman not paying his workers a higher wage - when he could.

He agreed the reason the crowd wanted the vistors was listed in other areas as an abomination.  But he said that in the society of the time - the attempt to exercise improper power/control over the visitors was actually more significant.
Kind like Clintons "Because I could" statement.