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up to the wall to my left and listen! (94) |
Wall,
listen to me! (i.c20) |
Wall,
wall! (21) |
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| the
decision that mankind is to be destroyed, has been made. (98) |
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the Great Gods moved to
inflict
the Flood (14) |
I
have
determined to make an end of all flesh (6.13) |
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build a boat! (i.c23) |
build a boat! (23) |
Make
yourself an ark (6.14) |
he
was
to build a boat (54) |
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Flee the house ...
forsake possessions, and save life. (i.c23) |
Tear down the
house ... spurn
possessions and keep alive living beings! (23) |
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| the seed of
mankind
(183) |
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Make the seed of all
living beings go up into the boat. (27) |
to
keep
their seed alive (7.3) |
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Roof her over like the Apsu (i.c29) |
Roof it over like the Apsu. (31) |
Make
a roof for the ark (6.16) |
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the coming of the seven-day deluge (i.c37) |
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And
after seven days the waters of the
flood came upon the earth (7.10) |
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said to the Elders (i.c.41) |
I
answer the city, the populace, and the Elders (35) |
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I can not live in your city (i.c47) |
I
cannot reside in your city (40) |
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a
windfall of birds, a spate of fishes (ii.35) |
a profusion of
fowl, myriad fishes (44) |
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The carpenter carried his axe, the
reedworker carried his stone, the rich man carried the
pitch, the
poor man brought the materials needed. (ii.11) |
The carpenter carried his
hatchet, the reedworker carried his stone, the
child carried the pitch, the weak brought whatever else was needed. (50) |
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units
of pitch [to cover] it (66) |
cover
it inside and out with pitch (6.14) |
scrape
off pieces of bitumen (55) |
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his family was brought on board" (ii.42) |
I
had
all my kin go up into the boat (85) |
Go
into
the
ark, you and all
your household (7.1) |
He
boarded the finished ship ... with his wife, children, and closest
friends. (54) |
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the creatures of the steppe, he brought
on board (ii.37) |
all the beasts and animals of
the field (86) |
Of
clean animals, and of animals that are not clean, and of birds, and of
everything that creeps on the ground (7.8) |
to
take
on
board wild animals and birds an all four-footed animals (54) |
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He brought pitch to seal his door. (ii.51) |
I went into the boat and sealed
the entry. (93) |
And
they that entered ... and YHWH shut him in (7.16) |
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He cut the mooring rope and released the
boat (ii.55) |
Erragal pulled out the mooring
poles (101) |
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The deluge belowed like a bull (iii.15) |
He shattered
the land like a raging bull, (107) |
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broke its clamor like a pot (iii.10) |
broke it into pieces like a pot (107) |
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The
flood came forth, its power came upon the peoples like a battle (iii.11) |
And the flood came, overwhelming the
people like an attack (109) |
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one person did not see another, they
could not recognize each other in the catastrophe. (iii.13) |
No one could see his fellow,
they could not recognize each other in the torrent. (111) |
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| for
seven days and
seven nights after the flood had swept over the country (134) |
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Six days and seven nights came
the wind and flood (127) |
And
rain fell upon the earth forty days
and forty nights. (7.12) |
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all
the human beings had turned to clay (134) |
And
all
flesh died that moved upon the
earth (7.21) |
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| Ziusudra then drilled an opening in the
big boat (138) |
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I opened a vent (136) |
Noah
opened the window of the ark (8.6) |
He
broke open a seam on a side of the ship (55) |
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On
Mount Nimuš the boat lodged firm (141) |
the
ark
came
to rest upon the mountains of Ararat (8.4) |
the
ship had
come to rest on a mountain. (55) |
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When
a seventh day arrived (146) |
He
waited another seven days (8.10a) |
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I
sent forth a dove and released it. The dove went off, but came back to
me (147) |
he
sent
forth the dove out of the ark, and the dove came back to him (8.10b) |
Xisuthrus
freed several birds (54) |
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I
sent forth a raven (153) |
He
sent forth a raven (8.7) |
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| The king was butchering oxen, was being
lavish with the sheep (142) |
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I sacrificed ... I burned
incense (156) |
Then
Noah built an altar to YHWH, ... and offered burnt offerings on the
altar. (8.20) |
He set
up an altar and sacrificed to the gods (55) |
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The
gods smelled the savor (160) |
YHWH
smelled the pleasing odor. (8.21) |
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may
I be mindful of these days, and never forget them (165) |
I
will remember my covenant ... I will remember (9.15) |
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He blessed
us (201) |
God
blessed Noah and his sons (9.1) |
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| making lasting breath of life, like a
god's, descend into him (181) |
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let Ut-napištim and
his wife become like
us, the gods (203) |
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had
gone
to the dwelling place of the gods (55) |
