We have been taught that the Hebrew’s were monotheists believing and worshiping in only one God, except for those times when they sinned and worship pagan idol Gods. Their one true god is Yahweh / Jehovah. Really????
Comparing the book of Genesis with older Sumerian and Babylonian writings what do we find? Well when Jehovah is testing man about not eating of the tree, and then curses them for doing it, this God is actually Enlil and its his half brother Enki that is telling Eve she would have wisdom and become like the Gods if she does eat. When God tells Noah about a coming flood its Enki, but the one bringing on the flood to kill mankind it’s Enlil.
It’s the God Enki again that is responsible for confusing the languages at the story of the tower of Babel. Enki is the one that creates a garden called Edin and put man into it. So it would seem as though they worshiped Enki yet what about the God Abraham is supposedly worshipping is this the same god, El Shaddia or Elyon?
When one looks at the Canaanite writing and compares them with the bibles writings it becomes clear that this God is a God Named El from the Pantheon of the city named Ugarit. Descriptions of this god and poems written about this God closely match up with the God we are told is Yahweh. But it doesn’t stop there, one of El's sons Baal and his descriptions about him and his exploits also is used to describe Yahweh. Yahweh even takes on the attributes of another Canaanite god created by EL, Asherah.
One last thing to note is in the scripture at Exodus 3:14 where god is telling Moses his name. He says to tell the Israelite that "I am that I am" in Hebrew were told that’s what this phrase means "Ehyeh-Asher-Ehyeh". Phonetically the last word sounds like how you would pronounce a Capital A then a lower a. Like Aa or maybe Ea.
Enki was also known through the near east as having another name, a name the Babylonians used and it was “Ea”.