And they began to sin against birds, and beasts, and reptiles, and fish, and to devour one another’s flesh, and drink the blood.
For Latter-day Saints the story is about righteousness, sin and redemption.
Sin — Mesopotamian (Sumerian/Akkadian/Babylonian) moon god, often shown with a crescent symbol; later associated with pagan worship in biblical/Christian contexts.
The people destroyed were, in both instances, the ancient race that had created civilization; they had formerly been in a happy and sinless condition; they had become great and wicked; they were destroyed for their sins--they were destroyed by water.
Confession of sin and sacrifice of atonement were common to both peoples.
20Then the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous
Anchor to a historical date: The list ends with Sin-magir of the Isin dynasty, whose reign is dated to 1827–1817 BCE.
na-ra-am-{d}suen en: Naram-Sin,279.
dumu na-ra-am-{d}suen en: son of Naram-Sin,283.
And if you doest not well, sin lie at your door.
And the Lord God said: Behold, I created man without sin, and I gave him warning, that he might remain holy on the face of the earth.
But woman hearkened not to my counsel, but to the serpent, and sin came into the world.
But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.”
And to be ashamed of what is a God-given gift is a great sin.
Sin and upheaval drive the flood memory.
Sin - God of the moon and wisdom (worshiped in some Mesopotamian cultures)