But in Genesis there is but one supreme God, who creates everything and controls everything. The Atrahasis epic tells of the lesser gods going on strike against the higher gods, and the higher gods are divided among themselves: that is why Ea (Enki) tips off Atrahasis about the flood. We read of the gods cowering like dogs at the flood they have released, whereas at the height of the flood ‘God remembered Noah’ and immediately the waters start to subside. Whereas the Babylonian gods cannot control