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The Ark Rests on Ararat

Genesis 8:4

In 10 translations

BSB
On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
KJV
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
WEB
The ship rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on Ararat’s mountains.
ASV
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
LSV
And the Ark rests, in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on mountains of Ararat;
YLT
And the ark resteth, in the seventh month, in the seventeenth day of the month, on mountains of Ararat;
DBY
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.
DRC
And the ark rested in the seventh month, the seven and twentieth day of the month, upon the mountains of Armenia.
GNV
And in the seuenth moneth, in the seuenteenth day of the moneth, the Arke rested vpon the mountaines of Ararat.
JPS
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַתָּ֤נַח הַתֵּבָה֙ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י בְּשִׁבְעָה־עָשָׂ֥ר י֖וֹם לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ עַ֖ל הָרֵ֥י אֲרָרָֽט׃

Who and where

📍 Ararat◆ The Great Flood◆ The flood subsides

People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Part of

  • Noah and the Flood God sees violence filling the earth and decides to destroy it; righteous Noah, his household and animals survive in the ark while all life o…

Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Kings 19:37One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
  • Isaiah 37:38One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
  • Jeremiah 51:27“Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her— Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like…
  • Genesis 7:17–19For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth. So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the…

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