Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces as one that is slain; Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength. Also, Isaiah 51:9: Is it not thou that didst cut Rahab in pieces, That didst pierce the monster? As to whether these sacred writers really employed the material of the Babylonian epic to give force to their illustrations, the judgments of men will differ in accordance with their views of what is possible for an inspired writer. In the following passages Rahab is used to denote Egypt as a proud and imperious country. These uses are clearly figurative and metaphorical. Isa. 30:7: For Egypt helpeth in vain and to no purpose: Therefore have I called her Rahab that sitteth still. Psa. 87:4: Rahab and Babylon I proclaim my votaries. A fragmentary account of an Assyrian version of the creation epic has been found. It agrees with the Babylonian account in beginning with Tiâmat, though the course of creation appears to have been different. The tablets known to us present it, however, in a form too fragmentary for us to follow the course of the narrative. CHAPTER II ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE CREATION FOUND AT BABYLON.[364] TEXT OF THE ACCOUNT. COMPARISON OF IT WITH GENESIS 2. =1. Text of the Account.= 1. A holy house, a house of the gods, in a holy place had not been made; 2. No reed had sprung up, no tree had been created. 3. No brick had been made, no foundation had been built, 4. No house had been constructed, no city had been built; 5. No city had been built, thrones had not been established; 6. Nippur had not been constructed, Ekur had not been built; 7. Erech had not been constructed, Eanna had not been built; 8. The deep had not been formed, Eridu had not been built; 9. The holy house, the house of the gods, the dwelling had not been made,-- 10. All lands were sea,-- 11. Then in the midst of the sea was a water-course; 12. In those days Eridu was constructed, Esagila was built, 13. Esagila where, in the midst of the deep, the god Lugal-dul-azaga abode, 14. (Babylon was made, Esagila was completed). 15. The gods and the Anunaki he made at one time. 16. (The holy city, the dwelling of their hearts’ desire, they named as first), 17. Marduk bound a structure of reeds upon the face of the waters, 18. He formed dust, he poured it out beside the reed-structure. 19. To cause the gods to dwell in the habitation of their hearts’ desire, 20. He formed mankind. 21. The goddess Aruru with him created mankind, 22. Cattle of the field, in whom is breath of life, he created. 23. He formed the Tigris and Euphrates and set them in their places, 24. Their names he did well declare. 25. The grass, marsh-grass, the reed and brushwood (?) he created, 26. The green grass of the field he created, 27. The land, the marshes, and the swamps;