Flood_Stories_of_Gilgamesh_and_Genesis

Flood Stories of Gilgamesh and Genesis People grow up listening to the story of Noah and the flood. They remember the length of the flood, the dove, and the rainbow very vividly. However, most people do not realize that the story is told throughout many different cultures and with accounts older than Genesis¹s version in the Bible. Although each of the accounts tells of the flood, there are many variations to the story. One such story can be found in the Epic of Gilgamesh. Although the Epic of Gilgamesh is similar to the Genesis version, there are some differences in the days leading to, during, and after the flood. The days leading to the flood are different as well as similar in the Epic of Gilgamesh and flood, noah, days, different, utnapishtim, story, released, both, boats, back, gilgamesh, epic, each, dove, boat, waited, two, one, gods, genesis, cubits, came, because, although, after, accounts, waters, very, version, utnapishtim¹s, stories, seven, sent, sacrifices, people, noah¹s, mountaintop, made, god, earth, cultures, birds, began, world, water, told, three, test