CHAPTER V
THE PATRIARCHS BEFORE THE FLOOD
Babylonian Long-lived Kings. Comparison with Genesis 5. Comparison with Genesis 4. Comparison with the List of Berossos.
A Biblical narrative that challenges attention is that in Genesis 5, which contains the list of long-lived patriarchs who flourished before the flood. This narrative finds a striking parallel in the following tablet which tells of long-lived kings who are said to have ruled in ancient Babylonia. The beginnings of all the columns of the tablet are broken away.[370]
1. Babylonian Long-lived Kings
Column I
2. ...... ruled 900 (?) years;
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