When the Biblical accounts of the flood are compared to the Babylonian accounts, there are several similarities that stand out. Which leaves no doubt that these stories came from the same source and event.
The Bible account The Babylonian account
Genesis 6:19, And of every living thing Take the seed of all creatures
of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou aboard the ship.
bring into the Ark.
Genesis 7:1, Come thou and all thy house I boarded the ship and closed the
into the Ark. door.
Genesis 7:16, And the Lord shut him in.
Genesis 8:8-9, Also he sent forth a dove from I sent out a dove, the dove went,
him, to see if the waters were abated from But the dove found no resting
off the face of the ground. 9, But the dove place and she returned.
found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she
returned unto him into the Ark.
Genesis 8:7, And he sent out a raven, which Then I sent out a raven, it was
went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried the waters receding, it ate, it
up from off the earth. it flew about to and fro, it did
not return.
Genesis 8:20, And Noah built an altar unto I made a libation on the peak of
the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of the mountain.
every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on
the altar. (This was done on the mountain also).
Bryce Canyon.
Here we have a picture from Bryce Canyon. Notice the vertical lines of erosion. When it rains as we know it today, the rain flows down ward. Horizontal erosion like this supports the flood. The only thing that would cut out a Canyon like this and leave vertical lines is the flood waters receding from Noah's flood. The picture on the next page shows the same thing. Horizontal erosion.
