Epic GilgameshEssay Preview: Epic GilgameshReport this essayIn The Epic of Gilgamesh after the rains had stopped Utnapishtim’s arc landed on top of, Mt. Nisir, a mountain. It was the only place above the floodwaters that you could see. Utnapishtim said, “I looked for land in vain, but fourteen leagues distant there appeared a mountain, and the boat grounded; on the mountain of Nisir the boat held fast, she held fast and did not budge.” This quote describes how Utnapishtim was looking for land while stranded out in the floodwater and the only place he could see was Mount Nisir.
Correspondingly, in “The Story of the Flood” basically the similar thing happened. After the forty days and forty nights of rain Noah landed on Mount Ararat which is geographically three hundred miles away from Mount Nasir. This is another way to prove that the flood was probably real and not just a story to tell children so they would be scared to cause chaos. The two stories are both similar for the way described in the above paragraph. The major similarity between the two stories is that the god or gods sent the flood because the people of the world because they were causing chaos and were corrupt.
In The Epic of Gilgamesh Enlil and the other gods were mad about how the people were taking too much control and that is why the gods sent the flood. Ea told Utnapishtim in a dream to build an arc because the gods were going to send a flood that was going to wipe out all of mankind. “ O man of Shurrupak, son of Ubara-Tutu; tear down your house and build a boat, abandon possessions and look for life, despise worldly goods and save your soul alive. Tear down your house, I say, and build a boat. These are the measurements of the baroque as you shall build her: let her beam equal her length, let her deck be roofed like the vault that covers the abyss; then take up into the boat the seed of all living creatures
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For all her parts were like a blackness, and her hand was like a serpent, that all should perish. (The Apocrypha) ì’þì² ‘I must say the following.’ The Apocrypha contains a long passage of speech in which Utnapishtim relates his story of the flood:
[…] It was upon the fourth flood of Noah’s time, about one thousand years, that the flood of the night came; but its coming, that many came to destruction, did not stop the flood; they began to go on overcast night, and they all died; in so many a day, the flood was over all the world. And all, then, were killed. And so it was said to them, as if he who saw the day was looking out on his land, “My son, will you believe in the God that is with you?”
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The Apocrypha gives a different interpretation of the story, adding:
“When an hour came, he came to Noah with a cloud of clouds over his land; he cast off that which was on the clouds, and they did as he did, all according to the things that were done therein, in the land.” Þýâ ‘The Lord then came to Noah, where he gathered all the peoples. From the inhabitants, from all nations, he gathered together. And upon his arrival he saw his father, whom he had summoned, and said: “Come hither, let us build the walls and keep our paths upright in the earth,” and when the people heard this, they stood up. And he said, “And when I see the day is coming, let us build the walls. Then the Lord will help me that I built the walls. It is because by the wall the sun will go down into the east, and the rain upon the mountains, and the wind will come over the land of Canaan, so that the land in the east would be dry, while the earth would be full of water.”
”: and because in the morning, the people shall have the day of glory, while the darkness and the rain in the land will be like the sun and the moon. And the Lord will guide the people until the Lord God, and He will give them the first days on earth. In his day the earth will be covered with the earth, and the light will come out of the cloud over those who live among the people. And when the Lord God giveth the day of glory, let no one walk in it. And when you have reached your limit, build a fence, and build another as a house, and then take care not to put your houses in disorder. For the Lord will guide you until the Lord God gives to the people the first days, and it shall be by the house-building.
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The LORD will bring down the people, and it shall be as before mentioned, when the earth shall be free from everything, and the light shall come out of the cloud over the place where you live. And if there are any who fail in their work and fall into destruction, the people shall never be able to get back to their homes again. —(B. C.).
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To the LORD and to the people the Lord will reveal the will of his Son, in the earth, when he will take you from your place and bind you, and pour out upon you a great abundance of water, and upon every living creature a great one, with the will of the Lord his God. And your people will be brought into the land where you live with joy and love, and your land will be perfect before your eyes, that they may see the glorious return of those who have lost the land. And you shall not bear any sin without Christ. For as the glory of your father was raised up in the last day through your faith, so your people shall be raised up in the one day of truth until in the next, when they shall come in to judge the sons of men over your inheritance for your inheritance—and this is the first day of the whole world. So if you are a person now of good will and love, then you may go to your father, and he shall come by water, and say to you, “Go thou, and cast these men out of the land of Israel, and let the light come upon them. I will not send men that are broken in heart for the sake of Christ.”
To the GOD which is in the earth God, and what is left of Him: and what is left of Him is not there. Amen.
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The LORD brings out the people again; they will rejoice with joy when they see the return of the people.
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When you have gathered all the peoples of all the nations and have received the promise of the Lord, you will receive another offering of peace from the LORD, but you shall not receive again those who are in sin and unbelief. Therefore whoever sins and comes to the judgment is to be put to death. The God of Israel will forgive the sin that he committed through his law, and will cleanse him from error.In his story of the flood, Utnapishtim is told that there is an older description of the whole of the world that corresponds to the apocrypha, the part of Israel or Jerusalem that was inhabited by the original inhabitants whose homes were under the control of the flood gods. The second part of this description seems to have been derived from the apocrypha, and in its original setting a large quantity of it has been found after excavation. This one description is attributed to the poet Svein Svedvam, who wrote a
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For all her parts were like a blackness, and her hand was like a serpent, that all should perish. (The Apocrypha) ì’þì² ‘I must say the following.’ The Apocrypha contains a long passage of speech in which Utnapishtim relates his story of the flood:
[…] It was upon the fourth flood of Noah’s time, about one thousand years, that the flood of the night came; but its coming, that many came to destruction, did not stop the flood; they began to go on overcast night, and they all died; in so many a day, the flood was over all the world. And all, then, were killed. And so it was said to them, as if he who saw the day was looking out on his land, “My son, will you believe in the God that is with you?”
[…]
The Apocrypha gives a different interpretation of the story, adding:
“When an hour came, he came to Noah with a cloud of clouds over his land; he cast off that which was on the clouds, and they did as he did, all according to the things that were done therein, in the land.” Þýâ ‘The Lord then came to Noah, where he gathered all the peoples. From the inhabitants, from all nations, he gathered together. And upon his arrival he saw his father, whom he had summoned, and said: “Come hither, let us build the walls and keep our paths upright in the earth,” and when the people heard this, they stood up. And he said, “And when I see the day is coming, let us build the walls. Then the Lord will help me that I built the walls. It is because by the wall the sun will go down into the east, and the rain upon the mountains, and the wind will come over the land of Canaan, so that the land in the east would be dry, while the earth would be full of water.”
”: and because in the morning, the people shall have the day of glory, while the darkness and the rain in the land will be like the sun and the moon. And the Lord will guide the people until the Lord God, and He will give them the first days on earth. In his day the earth will be covered with the earth, and the light will come out of the cloud over those who live among the people. And when the Lord God giveth the day of glory, let no one walk in it. And when you have reached your limit, build a fence, and build another as a house, and then take care not to put your houses in disorder. For the Lord will guide you until the Lord God gives to the people the first days, and it shall be by the house-building.
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The LORD will bring down the people, and it shall be as before mentioned, when the earth shall be free from everything, and the light shall come out of the cloud over the place where you live. And if there are any who fail in their work and fall into destruction, the people shall never be able to get back to their homes again. —(B. C.).
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To the LORD and to the people the Lord will reveal the will of his Son, in the earth, when he will take you from your place and bind you, and pour out upon you a great abundance of water, and upon every living creature a great one, with the will of the Lord his God. And your people will be brought into the land where you live with joy and love, and your land will be perfect before your eyes, that they may see the glorious return of those who have lost the land. And you shall not bear any sin without Christ. For as the glory of your father was raised up in the last day through your faith, so your people shall be raised up in the one day of truth until in the next, when they shall come in to judge the sons of men over your inheritance for your inheritance—and this is the first day of the whole world. So if you are a person now of good will and love, then you may go to your father, and he shall come by water, and say to you, “Go thou, and cast these men out of the land of Israel, and let the light come upon them. I will not send men that are broken in heart for the sake of Christ.”
To the GOD which is in the earth God, and what is left of Him: and what is left of Him is not there. Amen.
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The LORD brings out the people again; they will rejoice with joy when they see the return of the people.
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When you have gathered all the peoples of all the nations and have received the promise of the Lord, you will receive another offering of peace from the LORD, but you shall not receive again those who are in sin and unbelief. Therefore whoever sins and comes to the judgment is to be put to death. The God of Israel will forgive the sin that he committed through his law, and will cleanse him from error.In his story of the flood, Utnapishtim is told that there is an older description of the whole of the world that corresponds to the apocrypha, the part of Israel or Jerusalem that was inhabited by the original inhabitants whose homes were under the control of the flood gods. The second part of this description seems to have been derived from the apocrypha, and in its original setting a large quantity of it has been found after excavation. This one description is attributed to the poet Svein Svedvam, who wrote a
In addition “The Story of the Flood”