Genesis 8:4

And on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

In Context

3And the waters went slowly back from the earth, and at the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters were lower.

5And still the waters went on falling, till on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains were seen.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:17And for forty days the waters were over all the earth; and the waters were increased so that the ark was lifted up high over the earth.

Isaiah 37:38And it came about, when he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to death with the sword, and they went in flight into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon, his son, became king in his place.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 8:2-4

The Earth Becomes Dry. ( b. c. 2349.) 1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged; 2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; 3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. Here is, I. An act of God's grace: God remembered Noah and every… Read the whole commentary →

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