![]() ![]() Enlil got angry when he found the survivors. Utnapishtim offered a sacrifice to the gods. After seven days, Utnapishtim sent out a dove to see if the water had receded, but it returned after finding no place to roost. All humans outside the ship were turned into clay by the flood and the ship eventually landed on Mt. When the seventh day arrived, the storm and the flood subsided. The great rainstorm continued for six days. According to Ea’s commandment, he transformed his reed hut into a ship and made all of his kin and relatives, craftsmen, and animals embark on it to escape from the flood. ![]() The god Ea secretly revealed the gods’ plan to Utnapishtim. When Utnapishtim lived in Shuruppak, the great gods decided to send a flood on the earth to wipe out all humans. When Gilgamesh asked him how he got (eternal) life, 2 Utnapishtim told him about the flood. On his journey in quest of immortality, 1 Gilgamesh met Utnapishtim. “A comparative study of the flood accounts in the Gilgamesh Epic and Genesis,” chapter 2
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