in the summerian accounts it is because enlil is getting pissy because humans are making too much noise. Enki is the one who saves their version of Noah.
kek they are actually going to try to arrest him over deleting hard drives. This movie is stupid sometimes. I know why they are doing it to show the hypocrisy but holy shit that be some gay ass lawyering.
changes even more when you realize it has been mistranslated and that many of the stories are told wrong. Yup totally changed my life when I realized it was all about an evil jealous being that had emotional issues.