Genesis 8:4

The ship rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on Ararat’s mountains.

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

In Context

3The waters continually receded from the earth. After the end of one hundred and fifty days the waters receded.

5The waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were visible.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:17The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ship, and it was lifted up above the earth.

Isaiah 37:38As he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon 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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