Genesis 8:4

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

Berean Standard Bible

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

3The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.

5And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:17For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.

Isaiah 37:38One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned 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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