After the Flood

The Flood in Gilgamesh and Genesis

• The gods sent the flood in the story of Gilgamesh because they were angry at humanity's wickedness and noise.

The Flood in Genesis

• After the flood, Noah offered sacrifices, and the gods smelled the sweet aroma of the sacrifices.
• Noah built an ark to survive the flood.
• After the flood, Noah made an agreement with God.
• The symbol of the agreement is the rainbow.
• When the gods saw the flood coming to an end, they caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.
• Noah offered clean animals and birds as sacrifices after the flood.
• The flood lasted for 150 days.

The Gods' Anger and Noah's Actions

• The gods in the story of Gilgamesh were angry at humanity's wickedness and noise.
• Noah used gopher wood to build his boat.

Noah's Actions After the Flood

• According to Genesis 8:8-9, Noah sent out a dove from the ark to see if the waters had subsided.
• According to Genesis 9:19, all the animals came out of the ark after the rain stopped.
• After the animals came out of the ark, Noah built an altar and offered sacrifices to God.
• After smelling the aroma of Noah's sacrifice, God said, "I will never again curse the ground because of man."

God's Instructions and Promises

• According to Genesis 9:2, God told Noah and his sons to be fruitful and multiply, and to fill the earth.
• According to Genesis 9:3, God said that all living creatures would be food for humans and animals.
• God warned against eating meat with its lifeblood still in it.
• God promised to demand an accounting for the life of every animal and human being, and to punish anyone who sheds the blood of another person.
• God promised to never again destroy all living creatures with a flood.