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      • The etymology of the names Sodom and Gomorrah is uncertain, and scholars disagree about them. They are known in Hebrew as סְדֹם (Səḏōm) and עֲמֹרָה ('Ămōrā). In the Septuagint, these became Σόδομα (Sódoma) and Γόμορρᾰ (Gómorrha); the Hebrew ghayn was absorbed by ayin sometime after the Septuagint was transcribed.
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  4. Nov 5, 2013 · 11.1-4: the origin of the two cities, the city of God and the city of man. 12.4-9: the origin of evil. 13.1-24: man’s fall and sinfulness. 14.1-28: the two cities. 15.1-2: the two cities at the beginning of time. 20.1-30: the end of the two cities. 21.1-2: the eternality of the punishment of the wicked. 22.8-9: an excursus on miracles

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