Genesis 8:4

The ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon 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

3The flood waters went down slowly from the earth, and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters had gone down.

5The waters continued to go down until the tenth month. On the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:17Then the flood came upon the earth for forty days, and the water increased and lifted the ark and raised it above the earth.

Isaiah 37:38Later, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisrok his god, his sons Adrammelek and Sharezer killed him with the sword. Then they escaped into the land of Ararat. Then Esarhaddon his son 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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