The accounts of the Creation of the World, of Adam and Eve and of the Flood, with which the Bible begins, run closely parallel with similar Babylonian legends; they seem to have been part of the common beliefs of all the Semitic peoples.

• 《圣经》开篇的关于创造世界，关于亚当、夏娃及洪水的记述都和类似的巴比伦传说非常接近，它们好像属于所有闪米特民族共同信仰的一部分。