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Skeptics claim that the Gilgamesh flood was used to create the Genesis flood story. In both The Epic of Gilgamesh and Genesis flood stories, a flood happens. God (Genesis) and gods (Gilgamesh) were both angered in some way which makes them want to annihilate humanity. The flood stories in the Epic of Gilgamesh and Genesis have many similarities, proposing that they are by one means or another associated. However, there are likewise many distinctions such as the instructions given, birds they use to check for land, and what they received from the divine.
In both stories Utanapishtim and Noah were both given specific instructions to prepare for the flood. Similar task given were to save themselves, their family, and a sampling of animals. The boat in Gilgamesh was built by Utanapishtim, his family, and handyman from the city in Gilgamesh. In Genesis, Noah and his family were the only people to craft their ark, which was “length; fifty cubits, its width; thirty cubits, its height.”(Gen.6). Utanapishtim boat on the other hand was ten dozen cubits in length, width, and height. For boarding the ship, Utanapishtim was told to “forsake possessions” so he brought items such as silver, gold, and gangplank. On Noah’s Ark, he only brought his family, food, and the sampling of animals. “Come into the ark, you and all your household,”(Gen.7). Upon the storm coming, God closed the door to the Ark. Utanapishtim closed the door himself when the “appointed time” came.(XI.96).
In both an extraordinary flood wraths and wipes out everybody and everything with the exception of the everybody on the boat/ark. The length in time of which the rain lasted is one of the biggest contrast. The rain in Gilgamesh lasted 7 days and 7 nights(XI.149), while the rain in Genesis lasted for 40 days and 40 nights(Gen.7). As the waters calmed, Noah’s Ark rested at the mount