"... These sixteen occurrences of קנים (“reeds”) are powerfully reminiscent of the dismantling of the reed-hut temple and the construction of the boat in the Mesopotamian myths in that they are all occasions where the “reed” is intimately related to the measurement and construction of a sacred place. This possibility of reading the קנים of Genesis 6:14 as an ark woven-of-reeds places the Genesis flood account well within the bull and shrine complex present in the Mesopotamian Epics of Gilgameš and Atraḫasīs. This קָנִים (“woven of reeds”) vocalization allows for the reading ... in order to show that the reed-hut is indeed present (albeit in a holophrastic sense) in the proposed קָנִים vocalization of Genesis 6:14 it will have to be demonstrated also that there is a mythic significance in the building materials themselves. As noted above it may be reasonable to see in the elements of Genesis 6:14 a list of building materials, before the assembly instructions of Genesis 6:15–16; therefore recording עֲצֵי־גֹפֶר (“gopher wood”), קָנִים (“reeds”), and כֹּפֶר (“bitumen” or “pitch”) as the required materials. Rather than refusing a parallel with the Epics of Gilgameš and Atraḫasīs, as Westermann insists, such a convincing reading of the Genesis 6:14 creates a tantalizingly tight parallel with the Mesopotamian flood myths. Gilgameš XI presents a list of the exact same materials, and in the same order as this reconstructed Genesis version, indicating a dependence on the latter by the former ..."