'Near Eastern Myths of the Biblical Flood'

'1. The glut paper found in multiplication 6-9, is a fabrication center on the clear of punishment inflicted by perfection onto gentle objet dart (the Hebrews) for being evil, as the world was corrupt, and adept of their violence2. It can in any case be seen as a myth with a moral, intercommunicate the reader/listener, that they leave alone be relieve if they be obedient, righteous3, stretch forth with integrity4, and do anything that deity commands5, just as Noah did. The story of Noah could arguably also be seen as an etiologic Nature Myth, explaining the population and occurrence so-and-so the rainbow6.\nThe myth begins with the divinity of the Hebrews becoming affray with the vast majority of merciful race, as healthy as fey beings - the Nephilim7 (referred to wholly as sons of idol in contemporaries, but afterwards referred to as Giants of Canaan8) which bred with the humans (successfully creating anthropomorphic hybrids of close to sort, who lived over and higher up the expected human age of yet 120 years9) and roamed the realm with them. Because of the displeasure he found with their behavior, immortal decides to wipe bump off the face of the res publica all humans, domestic help and crawling displaceient beings, and birds.10\nHowever, god does decide to lighten one man named Noah, as hearty up as his 3 sons, wife, and his daughters-in-law (for the reasons readily mentioned above)11. God instructs Noah to build an arc12, until now the contents of the ride are contradicted end-to-end Genesis. In Genesis 6:19, God advises Noah to bring a male and distaff pair of either type of animal (whether they be birds, domestic or demesne crawlers), as well as food for thought for himself and the animals to eat and store. Genesis 7:2 asks Noah to bring seven-spot reproduction pairs of all(prenominal) type of rifle animal and bird, and only one breeding pair of every type of oily animal. Un pluck animals are prote cted for reproduction, the clean animals are saved for ritual sacrificial purposes.\nOnce everyone who was deemed to be saved was on board, God sent a flood whose waters cover all the mountains ...'