Not only did the lord make the world appear in its correct form — the lord who never changes the destinies which he determines: Enlil, who will make the human seed of the Land come forth from the earth — and not only did he hasten to separate heaven from earth, and hasten to separate earth from heaven, but, in order to make it possible for humans to grow in ‘Where Flesh Came Forth,’ he first suspended the axis of the world at Dur-an-ki. He did this with the help of the hoe — and so daylight broke forth. By distributing the shares of duty he established daily tasks, and for the hoe and the carrying-basket wages were even established. Then Enlil praised his hoe, his hoe wrought in gold, its top inlaid with lapis lazuli, his hoe whose blade was tied on with a cord, which was adorned with silver and gold, his hoe, the edge of whose point was a plow of lapis lazuli, whose blade was like a battering ram standing up to a great wall. The lord evaluated the hoe, determined its future destiny and placed a holy crown on its head ...

6 God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters and let it separate water from water.” 7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. It was so. 8 God called the expanse “sky.” There was evening, and there was morning, a second day. 9 God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear.” It was so. 10 God called the dry ground “land” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” God saw that it was good.