Let lions come and diminish mankind.[976]
Instead of bringing on a deluge,
Let tigers come and diminish mankind.
Instead of bringing on a deluge,
Let famine come and smite the land.
Instead of bringing on a deluge,
Let pestilence[977] come and waste the land.
Ea then confesses that through his instigation Parnapishtim was saved.
While I did not reveal the decision of the great gods,
I sent Adra-Khasis[978] a dream which told him of the decision of the gods.