Floods leave a footprint.. The Noah story comes from Sumer.
The similarities between the story of Atrahasis and that of Noah are too numerous to be the result of chance.
Atrahasis is the original version of the biblical myth, as the Sumerian version is much clearer than its Hebrew copy.
The Bible writers have copied a story without understanding the real meaning. Babylon had a rich, cultural heritage and the Hebrews had NONE until they were exiled in Babylon and exposed to that superior culture.
The Sumerian tablets were detailing the stages of reproductive science, the Hebrews saw there only fanciful legends. They were all goatherds and leaders of donkeys. How could they understand the technology of the former gods?
They reacted like the gods had wished: with admiration, submission, devotion, commitment, and a lot of sweating. The Babylonians made them work like donkeys. But they have also taught them to read and write.