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Genesis 8:4

Ararat
Salvation

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.

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

5 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.

6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

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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

    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 Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.

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  • Isaiah 37:38

    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 Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.

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  • Jeremiah 51:27

    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.

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  • Genesis 7:17–19

    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.

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