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600 years, less than 600 years, passed.

The country became too wide, the people too numerous.

He grew restless at their noise.

Sleep could not overtake him because of their racket.

Ellil organized his assembly,

Addressed the gods his sons,

‘The noise of mankind has become too much.

I have become restless at their noise.”

—ATRAHASIS, MESOPOTAMIAN FLOOD MYTH.

And God looked upon the earth,

and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh

had corrupted his way upon earth.

And God said unto Noah, The

end of all flesh is come before me; for the

earth is filled with violence through

them; and, behold, I will destroy them

with the earth.

—GENESIS, 6:13

In the beginning, God was a perfectionist.

—BLU GREENBERG, GENESIS: A LIVING CONVERSATION.