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Genesis 8:4

Ararat
Salvation

2 The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

3 The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.

On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

5 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.

6 After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark

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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.
DARBY
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.
BLB
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seven and tenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.
ÅB
Og i den syvende måned, på den syttende dag i måneden, ble arken stående på Ararat-fjellene.
OTB
På den syttende dagen i den syvende måneden, satte arken seg på Ararats fjell.
B1930
Og i den syvende måned, på den syttende dag i måneden, blev arken stående på Ararat-fjellene.

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Cross references

  • 2 Kings 19:37

    One 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.

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  • Isaiah 37:38

    One 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.

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  • 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 swarming locusts.

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  • Genesis 7:17–19

    For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.

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