GEN1074 The Bible also believes that a society’s lack of charity makes it worthy of destruction.   Thus, although there are few details in the Torah about the condemned city of Sodom (except for its extreme inhospitality to visitors, see Genesis 19:4-10, later biblical teachings interpret God’s decision to destroy it as due in part to its lack of generosity: “She [Sodom] and her daughters had plenty of bread and untroubled tranquility; yet she did not support the poor and needy” Ezekiel 16:49   TELVOL2:160