The Flood Story in the Atrahasis Epic

Middle Bronze Age

Clay tablet in several sections inscribed with Akkadian text.
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Clay tablet in several sections inscribed with Akkadian text.
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The Flood

Genesis 6–9 (selections)
This is the line of Noah.—Noah was a righteous man; he was blameless in his age; Noah walked with God.—Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The earth became corrupt before…
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The Tower of Babel

Genesis 11:1–9
Everyone on earth had the same language and the same words. And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there. They said to one another, “Come, let…
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