While Abraham sits outside his tent in the shadow of the oak trees of Mamre, he receives messengers from God, who announce that a terrible punishment has been decreed for Sodom and Gomorrah, cities in which corruption is rampant and out of control. Abraham begs for mercy so that the righteous will not die with the wicked. But there are no righteous men to be found in the two cities. Abraham asks that at least Lot and his family be saved. The cities are destroyed by fire from the sky. Lot and his family reach safety, but not his wife, who disobeys the Lord's command and looks back as she leaves the city... She is turned into a pillar of salt.
"In the beginning"... with these words the Bible begins the story of the great mystery of the origins of time, existence and the history of the Universe. It also contains the proclamation of the Word of God, invisible and omnipotent, creator of heaven and earth, who turns once more to his people with the promise of the salvation which man has awaited since the moment of his creation and of his first sin...This is the subject of the "most widely-read book in the world" from which, in thirty-nine episodes, we evoke characters and events so that young people of the new generations can appreciate the richness of this great treasure.
