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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We seem to also have a different account of how long the flood lasted; there are more subtle contradictions throughout as well.

关于洪水持续了多久，我们有不同版本;,他们之中有很微妙的不同。

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Certainly if you buy them out somewhere you're going to get one that's maybe the size of a light bulb, but it's like the flood light in your backyard or something, it's a huge light.

当然,你在外购买时,倒是有可能买到灯泡大小的,不过是你家后院强光灯大小的灯泡,巨大的灯泡

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Sometimes the flood seems to be the result of very heavy rain, but in other descriptions it seems to be a real cosmic upheaval.

有人说，大洪水是大雨导致的，还有人说，是因为宇宙变动引起的。

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You might want to get that out in front of you because we're going to talk a little bit about the flood story in Genesis 6 through 9.

你们也许急于摆脱它，因为基于你们对,《创世纪》6到9章的阅读，谈谈对大洪水故事的想法。

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In both you have the flood coming about as the deliberate result of a divine decision; you have one individual who's chosen to be saved from the flood; that individual is given specific instructions on building an ark, and is given specific instructions on who to bring on-board the ark.

在两个故事中，洪水爆发都是神的旨意,也只有被选中的人，才能幸免于难,上帝告诉这个人，怎么造方舟,并详细规定了,可以带上方舟的物种。

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The Noah story, the flood story, ends with the ushering in of a new era, and it is in many ways a second creation that mirrors the first creation in some important ways.

诺亚方舟，洪水的故事，都预示着一个新纪元的到来，在很多方面，都像是第二次创世纪,同时，又有许多第一次创世纪的影子。

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We know of a very ancient Sumerian flood story.

我们都听说过关于苏美尔洪水的古老传说。

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