Genesis 8:4

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

Orthodox Jewish 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

3And the waters receded from on ha'aretz continually; and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

5And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the rashei heharim seen.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:17And the mabbul was arba'im yom upon ha'aretz; and the waters increased, and lifted up the tevah (ark), and it rose above ha'aretz.

Isaiah 37:38And it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the Bais Nisroch elohav, that Adramelech and Saretzer, his banim, cut him down with the cherev; they escaped into Eretz Ararat; Esar-Chaddon bno 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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