"Half of her he set in place and formed the sky... as a roof. He fixed the crossbar... posted guards; He commanded them not to let her waters escape" 11 and "Then God said, 'Let there be a dome... to separate one body of water from the other.'" Genesis 1:6 "All the fountains of the great abyss burst forth, and the floodgates of the sky were opened..." Genesis 7:11 Also compare the creation of days and the special significance conferred upon the seventh: "Thou shalt shine with horns to make six known days, on the seventh with... a tiara." 12 From Genesis (1:31-2-1): "Evening came and morning followed- the sixth day... "So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it He rested from all the work he had done in creation." We can summarize the similarities like so: each created the firmament, dry land, the celestial bodies, and light. Each makes man the crowning achievement. On the seventh day, God rests and sanctifies the day. In the seventh tablet of the Enuma Elish, the gods rest and celebrate. These similarities strongly suggest a common knowledge of the Enuma Elish among writers of the Book of Genesis (each section of Genesis is composed of four different sets of writers). In addition to Babylonian influence, look at the following taken from the Egyptian Book of the Dead, which can be traced back to 3000 B.C.: "I am Re.. I am the great god who came into being by himself..."13 Compare that to the familiar "I am who am." These similarities are of secondary importance, however; we now begin to see the departures. For one, if Marduk is all-powerful, why does he do battle with Tiamat, when a word would suffice? For example: "Then God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light. "Then God said, 'Let there be a dome in the middle of the waters, to separate one body of water from the other.' And so it happened..." Genesis 1:3, 1:6 God's word alone is sufficient to render unto the world any change He wishes. This is a radical ...
