However, outward appearances were deceptive, for nearby lived “the men of Sodom [who] were bad and were gross sinners against Jehovah. ”
אבל לא כל הנוצץ זהב, שהרי לידו גרו ” אנשי סדום [שהיו] רעים וחטאים ליהוה מאוד ” (‏ בראשית י ” ג: 7 – 13‏).