God, disguised as a visitor, informed Abraham that he was going to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah because they were wicked and full of sin. Abraham attempted to bargain with God about this plan because of some of the righteous people in these two cities. The Lord agreed to spare the cities is 50 righteous people lived there, but Abraham got the number down to 10 righteous people. The next day two angels went to Sodom and were met by Lot and he welcomed them into his home. They ate, then an angry mob came to Lot's home and demanded to have sex with the strangers. Lot denied the strangers, but gave the mob two of his virgin daughters (um). This upset the mob and they barged into the house but the angels protected them. The angels decided that there were not 10 righteous people in this city so they told Lot and his family to leave before the city was destroyed. Lot and his two daughters made it to Zoar, but Lot's wife looked back at the destruction and turned into salt.
In this world, unfair punishment is a very obvious thing. It is very apparent in this story, since the entire city was destroyed because of one mob's act. There easily could have been 10 righteous people in that town, but the angels did not want to look hard enough. Everything comes with a price, but most of the time the cost is more than the worth of the action as a whole. But often times, the consequence is also cheaper that the worth of the action as well. This happens in everyday life because of the color of your skin, how much money you make, who you know, and stuff like that. Obviously life is unfair but it seems like there is no one attempting to change things.
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