The fragment of the first tablet of the Creation series was introductory, and dealt with the generation of the gods rather than the creation of the universe, and when we remember that the fifth tablet contains the Creation given in Genesis under the fourth day, while a subsequent tablet, probably the seventh, gives the creation of the animals which, according to Genesis, took place on the sixth day, it would seem that the events of each of the days of Genesis were recorded on a separate tablet, and that the numbers of the tablets generally followed in the same order as the days of Creation in Genesis, thus: Genesis, Chap. I. V. 1 & 2 agree with Tablet 1. V. 3 to 5 1st day probably with tablet 2. V. 6 to 8 2nd day probably with tablet 3. V. 9 to 13 3rd day probably with tablet 4. V. 14 to 19 4th day agree with tablet 5. V. 20 to 23 5th day probably with tablet 6. V. 24 & 25 6th day probably with tablet 7. V. 26 and following, 6th and 7th day, probably with tablet 8. The assertion with which the fifth tablet begins may be compared with the oft-repeated statement of Genesis, after each act of creative power, that “God saw that it was good.” In fact, the difference between the expressions used by the Hebrew and Assyrian writers seems greater than it really is, since the word rendered “to make suitable” comes from a root which signifies “pleasant” or “agreeable.” It may be noted that the word _yuaddi_ “he arranged” or “appointed” in the third line has the same root as the Hebrew _môădhim_, which is used in the same connection Gen. i. 14 in the sense of “seasons.” We next come to the creation of the heavenly orbs, and just as the book of Genesis says they were set for signs and seasons, for days and years, so the inscription describes that the stars were set in courses to define the year. The twelve constellations or signs of the zodiac, and two other bands of constellations are referred to, corresponding with the two sets of twelve stars, one to the north and the other to the south of the zodiac, which according to Diodorus Siculus played a prominent part in Babylonian astronomy.