(1) It turns out that Utnapishtim can't help him, and we'll come back to Utnapishtim later in the flood story, and Gilgamesh is devastated.

(2) In the Gilgamesh Epic, the hero Utnapishtim is told in a dream by the god Ea to build a boat, because the other gods plan to send a flood to destroy the earth and all its people.

(3) Utnapishtim leaves the boat and makes a sacrifice to the gods, who promise that there will never again be a flood.

(4) The story of the flood is told to Gilgamesh by Utnapishtim.

(5) Ultimately, he ascended a ladder and went through a gate, and entered a new world where he met long-dead Utnapishtim (Noah) and questioned him about the gods.