而这个故事的巴比伦版本是，神决定要摧毁所有人，除了某个叫阿特拉哈西斯(atrahasis)的人，而这个人为他的家人造了一条船并逃生。

A Babylonian version tells of a divine decision to destroy everyone, apart from a certain Atrahasis, who builds a boat for his family and escapes.

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公元前3000年的时候，有一个真实的阿特拉哈西斯曾经统治过苏美尔，并且他所统治的城市的废墟也显示了那时幼发拉底河曾经爆发过巨大洪水的迹象。

A real Atrahasis ruled in Sumeria around 3000 BC and the ruins of his city reveal signs of a gigantic flood of the Euphrates at about that time.

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In the Epic of Atrahasis we do in fact read of a reason, and the text there states, "The land became wide and the people became numerous.

在《阿特拉哈西斯》中，我们确实能找到愿意，土地扩大，人口激增。

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We also know of a very early Semitic work, the Epic of Atrahasis, in which there's a flood.

我们也听过古老的闪米特人，《阿特拉哈西斯》中大洪水的传说。

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