They will destroy the seed of life.
Do thou preserve in life, and hither bring the seed of life
Of every sort into the ship.
[Here follows a statement of the dimensions of the ship, but the numbers are lost.]
When this I heard to Ea my lord I spake:--
The building of the ship, O lord, which thou commandest
If I perform it, people and elders will mock me.
Ea opened his mouth and spake,
Spake to me, his servant:--
[The text is here mutilated: Hasisadra is ordered to threaten the mockers with Ea's vengeance.]