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== The Gilgamish Epic account ==

== The Gilgamish Epic account ==

The council of the gods decided to destroy mankind with a flood, but Utnapishtim was warned by the god who had made man, Ea, to build a boat to take all living being.  The length, width, and height were each 120 cubits (about 180 feet).  It had seven stories.

The council of the gods decided to destroy mankind with a flood, but Utnapishtim was warned by the god who had made man, Ea, to build a boat to take all living beings.  The length, width, and height were each 120 cubits (about 180 feet).  It had seven stories.

The gods got frightened by the flood and retreated to heaven where they cowered and wept.

The gods got frightened by the flood and retreated to heaven where they cowered and wept.

Dr. Jonathan Sarfati comments on the Gilgamish Epic:

Dr. Jonathan Sarfati comments on the Gilgamish Epic:

:It is common to make legends out of historical events, but not history from legends. ... For instance, in Genesis, God’s judgment is just, he is patient with mankind for 120 years (Genesis 6:3), shows mercy to Noah, and is sovereign. Conversely, the gods in the Gilgamesh Epic are capricious and squabbling, cower at the Flood and are famished without humans to feed them sacrifices. That is, the human writers of the Gilgamesh Epic rewrote the true account, and made their gods in their own image.<ref Name="JS_GE" />

:It is common to make legends out of historical events, but not history from legends. ... For instance, in Genesis, God’s judgment is just, he is patient with mankind for 120 years (Genesis 6:3), shows mercy to Noah, and is sovereign. Conversely, the gods in the Gilgamesh Epic are capricious and squabbling, cower at the Flood and are famished without humans to feed them sacrifices. That is, the human writers of the Gilgamesh Epic rewrote the true account, and made their gods in their own image.<ref Name="JS_GE" />

 

== Other ancient references ==

== Other ancient references ==