Comparing Gilgamesh And Genesis

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Why do this major flood in The Epic of Gilgamesh and Genesis occur? “What is the purpose for? The Gods weren’t pleased with humankind because of their awful behavior on earth. Both The Epic of Gilgamesh and Genesis had widespread flood stories; some similarities are wickedness of mankind, which causes the flood, they Gods both build Arks, they use the birds to help them find land, and make sacrifices to God after the flood. The events that took part during the flood stories are very similar although there are some differences in their too. In what ways are the stories similar? The wickedness of men destroyed the old world that causes the flood in Genesis and Gilgamesh. God saw the wickedness of mankind was great on earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time (Genesis 6:5). The reason for the flood in Gilgamesh was a way to kill the people who were living a sinful life. The flood was supposed to be a punishment for their sin. The flood of Gilgamesh was a slaughter of humanity (Tablet 11). The flood heroes were Noah and Utnapishtim both of them were righteous men. Both of the floods …show more content…

Building the arks or the boat was a way to save the people from the flood. However in Genesis a storm starts up and wipes out everything that wasn’t on board. Gilgamesh flood lasted for only 6 nights, but rained for 7 days while Genesis flood for 260 days and rained for 40 days (Genesis 7). The flood in Genesis was so powerful, “After seven days the water of the waters of the flood was upon the earth” (Gen.7:10). As you can see the flood in Genesis lasted longer than the one in Gilgamesh did. Noah’s ark was higher than a three-story-building 450x75x45 feet (Gen.6:15). Upnapishtim ark was 200x200x200. The roof top of Noah’s ark was wooden and Upnapishtim roof was slate. On both arks were humans and Noah’s and Upnapishtim’s families, animals and

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