Sodom and Gomorrah Sodom and Gomorrah Sodom and Gomorrah () were cities mentioned in the Book of Genesis and throughout the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and in the deuterocanonical books, as well as in the Quran and the hadith. According to the Torah, the kingdoms of Sodom and Gomorrah were allied with the cities of Admah, Zeboim, and Bela. These five cities, also known as the "cities of the plain" (from Genesis in the Authorized Version), were situated on the Jordan River plain in the southern region of the land of Canaan. The plain was compared to the garden of Eden as
Vine of Sodom of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter." (Hebrew: "Kî miggep̄en Səḏōm gap̄nām, ū-miššaḏmōṯ ‘Ǎmōrāh; ‘ănāḇêmōw ‘innəḇê rōwōš, ’aškəlōṯ mərōrōṯ lāmōw.") Among the many conjectures as to this tree, the most probable is that it is the osher ("Calotropis procera") of the Arabs, which grows from Jordan to southern Egypt. The fruit of "Calotropis procera" is therefore called "apples of Sodom", Sodom apple, and Dead Sea apple. Although beautiful to the eye, are bitter to the taste. Another conjecture equates it with the colocynth ("Citrullus colocynthis"). Its fruit are called "apples of Sodom", which, although beautiful