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Which flood story was first: Genesis or The Epic of Gilgamesh?
Technically Gilgamesh was written first because genesis was written by Moses who lived anywhere between 1300-2000 years after the flood. One estimate is Moses lived 1377 years after Noah. I did the ...
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