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the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />In the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />In the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />On the seventeenth day of the seventh month [five months after the rain began], the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat [in Turkey].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Then on the seventeenth day of the seventh month of the year, the boat came to rest somewhere in the Ararat mountains. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ship came to rest in the mountains of Ararat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />On the seventeenth day of the seventh month the boat came to rest on a mountain in the Ararat range. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat on the seventeenth day of the seventh month. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on one of the mountains of Ararat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the vessel came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The ship rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on Ararat’s mountains. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the Ark rests, in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on mountains of Ararat;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the ark resteth, in the seventh month, in the seventeenth day of the month, on mountains of Ararat;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the ark shall rest in the seventh month in the seventeenth day of the month upon the mountains of Ararat.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the ark rested in the seventh month, the seven and twentieth day of the month, upon the mountains of Armenia. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, upon the mountains of Armenia.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />that, in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Kardo.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the ark came to rest in the seventh month, in the seventeenth of the month, on the mountains of Qardu—Kurdish.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the water continued to decrease until the tenth month.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/8-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=1674" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/8.htm">The Ark Rests on Ararat</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: bə·šiḇ·‘āh- (Prep-b:: Number-ms) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">On the seventeenth</a> <a href="/hebrew/6240.htm" title="6240: ‘ā·śār (Number-ms) -- Ten. For eser; ten, i.e. -teen; also -teenth."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yō·wm (N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: la·ḥō·ḏeš (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7637.htm" title="7637: haš·šə·ḇî·‘î (Art:: Number-oms) -- Seventh (an ord. number). Or shbi iy; ordinal from shib'iym. seventh.">of the seventh</a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: ba·ḥō·ḏeš (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month.">month,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8392.htm" title="8392: hat·tê·ḇāh (Art:: N-fs) -- A box, chest. Perhaps of foreign derivation; a box.">the ark</a> <a href="/hebrew/5117.htm" title="5117: wat·tā·naḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To rest, i.e. settle down">came to rest</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: hā·rê (N-mpc) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">the mountains</a> <a href="/hebrew/780.htm" title="780: ’ă·rā·rāṭ (N-proper-fs) -- A district in E. Armenia. Of foreign origin; Ararat.">of Ararat.</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>And 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/3-6.htm">2 Peter 3:6</a></span><br />through which the world of that time perished in the flood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-37.htm">Matthew 24:37-39</a></span><br />As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. / For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. / And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-7.htm">Hebrews 11:7</a></span><br />By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-20.htm">1 Peter 3:20</a></span><br />who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-26.htm">Luke 17:26-27</a></span><br />Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man: / People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-9.htm">Isaiah 54:9</a></span><br />“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/104-6.htm">Psalm 104:6-9</a></span><br />You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. / At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away— / the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them— ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/22-15.htm">Job 22:15-16</a></span><br />Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod? / They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/14-14.htm">Ezekiel 14:14</a></span><br />then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/25-10.htm">Isaiah 25:10</a></span><br />For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-5.htm">2 Peter 2:5</a></span><br />if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-38.htm">Matthew 24:38</a></span><br />For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/3-36.htm">Luke 3:36</a></span><br />the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-4.htm">1 Chronicles 1:4</a></span><br />The sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/11-9.htm">Isaiah 11:9</a></span><br />They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.</p><p class="hdg">the ark.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/7-17.htm">Genesis 7:17-19</a></b></br> And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth… </p><p class="hdg">seventh month.</p><p class="hdg">Ararat.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/19-37.htm">2 Kings 19:37</a></b></br> And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/37-38.htm">Isaiah 37:38</a></b></br> And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/51-27.htm">Jeremiah 51:27</a></b></br> Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/51-27.htm">Ararat</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-38.htm">Ar'arat</a> <a href="/genesis/8-1.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/genesis/7-11.htm">Month</a> <a href="/genesis/7-20.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/genesis/5-29.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/genesis/2-3.htm">Rested</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-14.htm">Resteth</a> <a href="/genesis/7-11.htm">Seventeenth</a> <a href="/genesis/7-10.htm">Seventh</a> <a href="/genesis/8-1.htm">Ship</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/19-37.htm">Ararat</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-37.htm">Ar'arat</a> <a href="/genesis/8-6.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/genesis/8-5.htm">Month</a> <a href="/genesis/8-5.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/genesis/8-9.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/exodus/10-14.htm">Rested</a> <a href="/exodus/10-14.htm">Resteth</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-51.htm">Seventeenth</a> <a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Seventh</a> <a href="/genesis/8-6.htm">Ship</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/8-1.htm">God remembers Noah and calms the waters.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/8-4.htm">The ark rests on Ararat.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/8-6.htm">Noah sends forth a raven and then a dove.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/8-13.htm">Noah, being commanded, goes forth from the ark.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/8-20.htm">He builds an altar, and offers sacrifices,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/8-21.htm">which God accepts, and promises to curse the earth no more.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>On the seventeenth day of the seventh month</b><br>This specific date marks a significant moment in the biblical narrative of the Flood. The precision of the date underscores the historical nature of the event. In the Hebrew calendar, the seventh month is Tishri, which later became associated with the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. The seventeenth day of this month is noteworthy because it is believed by some scholars to coincide with the resurrection of Jesus Christ, drawing a typological parallel between the new beginning for humanity after the Flood and the new beginning for believers through Christ's resurrection.<p><b>the ark came to rest</b><br>The phrase "came to rest" signifies the end of the Flood's destructive power and the beginning of a new era for Noah and his family. This rest can be seen as a type of the rest that believers find in Christ, who offers salvation and peace. The ark, as a vessel of salvation, prefigures Christ as the means by which humanity is saved from judgment.<p><b>on the mountains of Ararat</b><br>The "mountains of Ararat" refer to a region rather than a specific peak. Ararat is traditionally associated with a mountainous area in present-day eastern Turkey. Archaeological and geographical studies have sought to locate the precise resting place of the ark, though no definitive evidence has been found. Theologically, the location signifies a new beginning in a high place, symbolizing elevation and a fresh start for humanity. The mountains of Ararat are also mentioned in <a href="/2_kings/19-37.htm">2 Kings 19:37</a> and <a href="/isaiah/37-38.htm">Isaiah 37:38</a>, indicating their historical and geographical significance in the ancient Near East.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/n/noah.htm">Noah</a></b><br>The righteous man chosen by God to survive the flood and repopulate the earth. He is a central figure in the account of the flood.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_ark.htm">The Ark</a></b><br>The large vessel built by Noah according to God's instructions to save his family and pairs of every kind of animal from the flood.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/mountains_of_ararat.htm">Mountains of Ararat</a></b><br>The location where the ark came to rest after the floodwaters receded. This region is traditionally associated with a range of mountains in present-day Turkey.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_flood.htm">The Flood</a></b><br>A cataclysmic event sent by God to cleanse the earth of its widespread wickedness, sparing only Noah, his family, and the animals aboard the ark.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Creator who judges the earth with the flood and shows mercy by preserving Noah and his family.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_timing.htm">God's Sovereignty and Timing</a></b><br>The precise timing of the ark's resting place on the mountains of Ararat demonstrates God's control over the events of history. Believers can trust in God's perfect timing in their own lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/rest_and_new_beginnings.htm">Rest and New Beginnings</a></b><br>The ark coming to rest signifies a new beginning for Noah and his family. In our lives, God provides moments of rest and renewal, inviting us to start afresh in His grace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_and_obedience.htm">Faith and Obedience</a></b><br>Noah's journey in the ark is a testament to his faith and obedience. We are called to trust and obey God, even when the path is uncertain.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/j/judgment_and_mercy.htm">Judgment and Mercy</a></b><br>The flood represents God's judgment on sin, but the preservation of Noah's family highlights His mercy. This duality reminds us of the seriousness of sin and the availability of God's grace.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_trace_of_ark_on_mount_ararat.htm">In Genesis 8:4, what evidence supports the ark’s reported resting place on Mount Ararat, and why is there no definitive archaeological trace? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_sola_and_solo_scriptura_differ.htm">What was the duration of Noah's time on the ark?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_animals_spread_globally_post-flood.htm">In Genesis 8:17–19, how did all animals disperse worldwide from a single landing site, and why do we see no traces of this mass migration? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_gand#246;bekli_tepe_challenge_the_bible.htm">How does Göbekli Tepe challenge the biblical timeline?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">The seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month.</span>--As the months had each thirty days (see Note on <a href="/genesis/8-14.htm" title="And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.">Genesis 8:14</a>), this makes exactly 150 days (see <a href="/genesis/7-11.htm" title="In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.">Genesis 7:11</a>). The seventh civil month would be Abib; and the <span class= "ital">Speaker's Commentary </span>notices the following remarkable coincidences:--"On the 17th day of Abib the ark rested on Mount Ararat; on the 17th day of Abib the Israelites passed over the Red Sea; on the 17th day of Abib, Christ, our Lord, rose again from the dead."<p><span class= "bld">Ararat.</span>--If in <a href="/genesis/11-2.htm" title="And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelled there.">Genesis 11:2</a> the Authorised Version is right in saying that the descendants of Noah travelled "from the east" to Shinar, this could not be the Ararat of Armenia. Moreover, we are told that the word in, Assyrian means "highland," and thus may signify any hilly country. In the <span class= "ital">Chaldean Genesis </span>the ark rests upon Nizir, a region to the east of Assyria, the highest peak of which, now named Elwend, is called in the cuneiform texts "the mountain of the world" ( <span class= "ital">Chaldean Genesis, </span>p. 307). The rendering, however, "from the east," is by no means certain, and many translate "eastward," and even the Authorised Version renders the word <span class= "ital">east, </span>that is, eastward, in <a href="/genesis/13-11.htm" title="Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.">Genesis 13:11</a>. In <a href="/2_kings/19-37.htm" title="And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.">2Kings 19:37</a> <span class= "ital">"</span>Ararat" is translated Armenia; but it is more correctly described in <a href="/jeremiah/51-27.htm" title="Set you up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillars.">Jeremiah 51:27</a> as a country near Minni, that is, near Armenia. There are in this region two mountains of great altitude, the Aghri-Dagh and the Kara-Dagh, the highest of which is 17,260 feet above the sea-level; and naturally legend chooses this as the place where the ark settled. But the inspired narrative says that it rested "upon the mountains of Ararat," upon some chain of hills there, and seventy-three days afterwards Noah found himself surrounded by an amphitheatre of mountains, the word used in <a href="/genesis/8-5.htm" title="And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.">Genesis 8:5</a> being emphatic, and signifying "the tops of the mountains became distinctly visible," and not that they had just begun to emerge. For, doubtless, after so vast a flood, mists and vapours would for a long time prevail, and shut out the surrounding world from Noah's view. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And the ark rested.</span> Not stopped sailing or floating, got becalmed, and remained suspended over (Kitto's 'Cyclop.,' art. Ararat), but actually grounded and settled on (Tayler Lewis) the place indicated by <span class="hebrew">עַל</span> (cf. ver. 9; also <a href="/exodus/10-14.htm">Exodus 10:14</a>; <a href="/numbers/10-36.htm">Numbers 10:36</a>; <a href="/numbers/11-25.htm">Numbers 11:25, 26</a>; <a href="/isaiah/11-2.htm">Isaiah 11:2</a>). <span class="cmt_word">In the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month.</span> <span class="accented">I.e.</span> exactly 150 days from the commencement of the forty days' rain, reckoning thirty days to a month, which seems to confirm the opinion expressed (<a href="/genesis/7-24.htm">Genesis 7:24</a>) that the forty days were included in the 150. Supposing the Flood to have begun in Marchesvan, the second month of the civil year (about the beginning of November), "we have then the remarkable coincidences that on the 17th day of Abib (about the beginning of April) the ark rested on Mount Ararat, the Israelites passed over the Red Sea, and our Lord rose again from the dead" ('Speaker's Commentary'). <span class="cmt_word">Upon the mountains</span>. <span class="accented">I.e.</span> one of the mountains. "Pluralis numerus pro singulari ponitur" (cf. <a href="/genesis/21-7.htm">Genesis 21:7</a>; <a href="/genesis/46-7.htm">Genesis 46:7</a>; <a href="/judges/12-7.htm">Judges 12:7</a>; vide Glass., 'Philoh Seer. Tract.,' 1. cap. 14. p. 866). <span class="cmt_word">Of Ararat</span>. <p><span class="Text_Heading">1.</span> It is agreed by all that the term <span class="accented">Ararat</span> describes a region. <p><span class="Text_Heading">2.</span> This region has been supposed to be the island of Ceylon (Samaritan), Aryavarta, the sacred land to the north of India (Van Bohlen, arguing from <a href="/genesis/11-2.htm">Genesis 11:2</a>); but "it is evident that these and such like theories have been framed in forgetfulness of what the Bible has recorded respecting the locality" (Kitto's 'Cyclopedia,' art. Ararat). <p><span class="Text_Heading">3.</span> The locality which appears to have the countenance of Scripture is the region of Armenia (cf. <a href="/2_kings/19-37.htm">2 Kings 19:37</a>; <a href="/isaiah/37-38.htm">Isaiah 37:38</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/51-27.htm">Jeremiah 51:27</a>; Aquila, Symmachus, Theodotion, Vulgate). . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/8-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">On the seventeenth</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּשִׁבְעָה־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·šiḇ·‘āh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Number - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day</span><br /><span class="heb">י֖וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the seventh</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šə·ḇî·‘î)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7637.htm">Strong's 7637: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seventh (an ordinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">month,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(ba·ḥō·ḏeš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2320.htm">Strong's 2320: </a> </span><span class="str2">The new moon, a month</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the ark</span><br /><span class="heb">הַתֵּבָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(hat·tê·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8392.htm">Strong's 8392: </a> </span><span class="str2">A box, chest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">came to rest</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתָּ֤נַח</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tā·naḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5117.htm">Strong's 5117: </a> </span><span class="str2">To rest, settle down</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the mountains</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mountain, hill, hill country</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Ararat.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲרָרָֽט׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·rā·rāṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_780.htm">Strong's 780: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ararat -- a district in eastern Armenia</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/8-4.htm">Genesis 8:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/8-4.htm">Genesis 8:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/8-4.htm">Genesis 8:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/8-4.htm">Genesis 8:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/8-4.htm">Genesis 8:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/8-4.htm">Genesis 8:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/8-4.htm">Genesis 8:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/8-4.htm">Genesis 8:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/8-4.htm">Genesis 8:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/8-4.htm">Genesis 8:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/8-4.htm">OT Law: Genesis 8:4 The ship rested in the seventh month (Gen. 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