The Old Testament in the Light of the Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia

by Theophilus G. Pinches

All I possessed I transferred thereto, silver,

All I possessed I transferred thereto, gold;

All I possessed I transferred thereto, the seed of life, the whole

I caused to go up into the midst of the ship. All my family and relatives,

The beasts of the field, the animals of the field, the sons of the artificers—all of them I sent up.

The god Šamaš appointed the time—

Muir kukki—In the night I will cause the heavens to rain destruction,

Enter into the midst of the ship and shut thy door.”

“That time approached—

Muir kukki—In the night the heavens rained destruction.