The floods of Genesis and the Epic of Gilgamesh are undoubtedly different, but similar in many ways. The two men are given the task of saving humanity from a flood and succeed and are rewarded. The main basic events that take place in the stories are similar, but the finer details and the way they are told to you are different. They also tell us a lot about the relationship between humans and Divinity. The floods of The Epic of Gilgamesh and Genesis 6-9 are very similar. In both cases, the flood was sent to wipe out all humanity. Both floods could, however, be seen as symbols of rebirth or new beginnings for what God and the gods saw as a ruined world. The two heroes of the story were chosen to build a boat to save a privileged few. They had to stop their lives to build a boat to save humanity. Both men were considered righteous in relation to those around them. The boats both housed the hero, his family and several animals in numerous compartments. To bring back humanity after the end of the flood. Neither Utnapishtim nor Noah left the boats until they were...