The creation story in Genesis 1 draws upon the Babylonian epic known as Enuma Elish.

第一章里创世纪的故事,源于巴比伦史诗《埃努玛-埃利什》

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In our consideration of Genesis 1 and 2, We first need to consider a Babylonian epic, an epic that is known Enuma elish By its opening words at the top of the column over there, Enuma Elish, which means "when on high," the opening words of this epic.

在我们学习《创世纪》第一章和第二章时，我们首先要了解一部巴比伦史诗,它因开篇第一句被人们所知，它的意思是，当在天国时，这就是开篇的话。

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We have a younger storm god who usurps power from an older god by virtue of a victory over a water god. Remember Enuma Elish, which we read at the very beginning of the semester.

暴风之神从老神那里篡权,通过打败水神，记得Enuma，Elish吗？,开学的时候，在阅读中遇到过。

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And a big banquet follows and Marduk is praised for all that he's accomplished, and his kingship is confirmed and Enuma Elish ends.

接着举办了盛宴，Marduk受到了赞美,为他所取得的一切成就，他建立了王权，Enuma，Elish也就结束了。

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In Enuma Elish, cosmic order is achieved only after a violent struggle with very hostile forces.

在Enuma，Elish中，宇庙秩序的获得,是在与敌方势力的激战之后。

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That's the image in Enuma Elish and it's the image of Genesis 1.

这就是Enuma，Elish和《创世纪》第一章展现的图景。

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