Within the two readings of “The Flood” from the “Epic of Gilgamesh” and excerpts from Genesis 6:5-9:17: “The Flood”, one has distinguished several differences between both articles. The first major difference between the two readings is that the “Epic of Gilgamesh” has a council of gods who sends the flood while one God sends a flood in Genesis. The name of the man in the “Epic of Gilgamesh” was Utnapishtim and the man in Genesis was Noah. Ea told Utnapishtim to build a boat while God told Noah to build the ark. The size of the ark/boat in both stories were different. The boat in the “Epic of Gilgamesh” was a square while the ark in Genesis was a rectangle. In the “Epic of Gilgamesh”, the gods gave loaves of bread and wheat to the man while God told Noah to collect his own food for the ark in Genesis. …show more content…
In the “Epic of Gilgamesh”, the flood lasted only six days and nights while the flood lasted over forty days and nights in Genesis. In the “Epic of Gilgamesh”, Utnapishtim releases a dove, a swallow, and a raven while Noah releases a raven and doves. In the “Epic of Gilgamesh”, the dove couldn’t find dry land while the dove in Genesis came back with an olive leaf because the bird found dry land. The boat landed on Mt. Nisir in the “Epic of Gilgamesh” while the ark landed on Mt. Ararat in