Flood Comparison The flood of Gilgamesh and the flood of Noah’s Ark has many comparisons. Both of these floods symbolize rebirth and a new beginning for mankind, in addition to god’s wrath. In the epic of Gilgamesh the gods decided to demolish mankind by flooding earth for six days and nights because they didn’t like how loud the people were being. Utnapishtim was the one chosen to build a boat, because he was asked to regenerate mankind after the flood. In the bible, God decided that there was too much evil in the world and decided to flood the earth for forty days and nights.
Gilgamesh traveled to see this man and hear his story, and it is his story that forms the flood narrative component within the Epic of Gilgamesh. On the surface, the two texts do share numerous similarities, the most obvious of which concerns the fact that both stories feature a catastrophic flood that destroys mankind. In the book of Genesis, God says to Noah, “I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the Earth” (Genesis, 6:4, pg. 14, verse 7), as well as further saying, “I am going to put an end to all people” (Genesis, 6:4, pg. 14, verse 13).
The god Ea revealed to Utnapishtim, by speaking to the walls of his house, that the gods were to rid the earth of all humanity by means of a flood (Gilgamesh, tablet XI). Both floods were to be global in size, not only killing humanity, but also all wildlife as well. These similarities are easy to see, but there are even more. To escape the impending flood, both Noah and Utnapishtim built a vessel, or an ark, as instructed by a higher source. “Tear down the house and build a boat!
In the aftermath Noah’s relationship with the God, his dependence on God is further exemplified when he does not leave the Ark until hearing God's command: “Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons’ wives, with you” (6:16). On the other hand, Utnapishtim leaves his boat after the flood water subsides and gives a libation to the Gods under his own free will and thought. Unlike Noah dutifully following and depending on God to prepare for and survive the flood, Utnapishtim, outside of the warning
If they were all powerful gods couldn’t they have somehow blocked out all the sounds of mankind or even send some kind of warning to the people? In the Book of Genesis God decided that mankind was becoming too wicked, and God was sorry he created them. (Gen. 6:6). I thought that God’s reason made more sense to me; he saw his creation become something he had not intended it to be corrupted and full of evil and he could not stand it. In The Epic of Gilgamesh the gods planned to wipe out everyone, but the god Ea decides to warn Utnapishtim because he was a worshiper of him.
The gods/God found this person righteous enough to be the "hero". In each story the Noah figure (and Noah himself) built a boat and saved his family and each kind of animal. It rained a lot, and when the man got off of the boat, all three stories have them sacrificing to God/the gods. I think Israel is saying that they were sinful and God was almighty so he wiped them out for it, but God didn't want to get rid of all the humans for good so he saved one family, He let the human race continue now. I think the Israelites told this story because they wanted their children, and grandchildren to remember to obey God and not be sinful.
However, the most important similarity is the flood itself, and the reason for it happening. The Aztec flood happens because the people have grown wicked and ignore the gods. The Greek version is virtually identical. This shows the repetition of the mythic cycle. Even though these two cultures are continents apart, they manage to share this detail.
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He shows these humans love and gives them only one strict rule: not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil in the center of the Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve do not obey, and they eat from it because they gave into temptation. As a punishment for their disobedience, they were expelled from the Garden of Eden. Much later, out of anger with his creation, God punished the world with a great flood on the Earth, killing everything and everyone. However, he gave the world a second chance by saving everyone on Noah’s ark, along with two of every animal, showing that God is forgiving.
Why than did God create the world only to destroy it. Also, was everyone on the earth and every animal so evil that they deserve to be slaughtered by the hand of God? In the story of Cain and Able, God gives no reason for rejecting Cain’s gift. Why would God reject Cain’s gift if God knew that it would lead to so much anger that Cain would kill Able? Some would say that God was testing Able.