Genesis 8:4

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

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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 withdrew more and more from the land for a hundred and fifty days.

5The waters continued to go down until, on the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains could be seen.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:17The flood continued for forty days, and the waters increased and raised up the ark, and it was lifted high above the earth.

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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