They kissed each other and became friends. [The Old Babylonian becomes fragmentary. The Standard Version resumes] "His strength is the mightiest in the land! His strength is as mighty as the meteorite(?) of Anu, The mother of Gilgamesh spoke to Gilgamesh, saying; Rimat-Ninsun said to her son: "(I!), Rimar-Ninsun... My son... Plaintively... She went up into his (Shamash's) gateway, plaintively she implored...: "Enkidu has no father or mother, his shaggy hair no one cuts. He was born in the wilderness, no one raised him. Enkidu was standing there, and heard the speech. He... and sat down and wept, his eyes filled with tears, his arms felt limp, his strength weakened. They took each other by the hand, and.., their hands like... Enkidu made a declaration to (Gilgamesh'). [32 lines are missing here.] "in order to protect the Cedar Forest Enlil assigned (Humbaba) as a terror to human beings, Humbaba's roar is a Flood, his mouth is Fire, and his breath is Death!

And the child grew and became an archer, and God was with him ; and his mother took him a wife from among the daughters of Egypt.

And they begat sons the Naphidtm, and jthey were all unlikej,* and they devoured one another : and the Giants^lewllieliipiuL and the Naphil slew the E...

And the Lord destroyed them because of the evil of their deeds ; for they were very malignant, and the Amorites dwelt in their stead, wicked and sinfu...

The ennead--9--was the first square of an odd number (3x3). It was associated with failure and shortcoming because it fell short of the perfect...

And He sent His sword into their midst that each should slay his neigh- bour, and they began to slay each other till they all fell by the sword and we...

And Noah slept ( with his fathers, and was buried on Mount Lubar in the land of Ararat.

And he grew up, and dwelt in Ur of the Chaldees, near to the father of his wife's mother, and he worshipped idols, and he took to himself a wife in th...