That echoes his words in Genesis 1 where he proposes, "Let us make humans," or humankind, "in our image."

这与《创世纪》第一章中，相呼应，上帝说“让‘我们’来造人吧“

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There are lots of Ancient Near Eastern stories of ; Gods fashioning humans from clay; We have depictions of gods as potters at a potter's wheel just turning out lots of little humans.

也有很多古代近东故事,关于上帝用黏土造人;,我们看来上帝就像转盘旁边的陶艺工匠,造出许多小小的人类。

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In both you have the flood coming about as the deliberate result of a divine decision; you have one individual who's chosen to be saved from the flood; that individual is given specific instructions on building an ark, and is given specific instructions on who to bring on-board the ark.

在两个故事中，洪水爆发都是神的旨意,也只有被选中的人，才能幸免于难,上帝告诉这个人，怎么造方舟,并详细规定了,可以带上方舟的物种。

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