While the relationship between Ea and Marduk is marked by harmony and an amicable abdication on the part of the father in favour of his son, Marduk's absorption of the power and prerogatives of Enlil of Nippur was at the expense of the latter's prestige.
Dok je odnos između Ea i Marduka oslikan harmonijom i jednom srdačnom abdikacijom oca u korist njegova sina, Mardukovo stjecanje moći i prerogativa od strane boga Enlila Nippurskog izvedeno je na štetu kasnijeg prestiža.