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Tim Maas
Where were Sodom and Gomorrah?
Genesis 18:20
ESV - 20 Then the Lord said, "Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave.
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Asked September 08 2018
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Tom Lackey
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Tim Maas
My understanding is that the Biblical narrative, in combination with modern-day archaeological evidence, indicate Sodom and Gomorrah as having been located in the modern-day country of Jordan, on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea (which is the body of water into which the Jordan River empties).
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