Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. New Living Translation exactly five months from the time the flood began, the boat came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. English Standard Version and in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. Berean Standard Bible On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. King James Bible And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. New King James Version Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat. New American Standard Bible Then in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat. NASB 1995 In the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat. NASB 1977 And in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat. Legacy Standard Bible In the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat. Amplified Bible 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]. Christian Standard Bible The ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat. Holman Christian Standard Bible The ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat. American Standard Version And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. Contemporary English Version Then on the seventeenth day of the seventh month of the year, the boat came to rest somewhere in the Ararat mountains. English Revised Version And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. GOD'S WORD® Translation On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ship came to rest in the mountains of Ararat. Good News Translation On the seventeenth day of the seventh month the boat came to rest on a mountain in the Ararat range. International Standard Version The ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat on the seventeenth day of the seventh month. Majority Standard Bible On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. NET Bible On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on one of the mountains of Ararat. New Heart English Bible And in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the vessel came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. Webster's Bible Translation And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. World English Bible The ship rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on Ararat’s mountains. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd the Ark rests, in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on mountains of Ararat; Young's Literal Translation And the ark resteth, in the seventh month, in the seventeenth day of the month, on mountains of Ararat; Smith's Literal Translation And the ark shall rest in the seventh month in the seventeenth day of the month upon the mountains of Ararat. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd the ark rested in the seventh month, the seven and twentieth day of the month, upon the mountains of Armenia. Catholic Public Domain Version And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, upon the mountains of Armenia. New American Bible that, in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. New Revised Standard Version and in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Kardo. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And the ark came to rest in the seventh month, in the seventeenth of the month, on the mountains of Qardu—Kurdish. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the water continued to decrease until the tenth month. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Ark Rests on Ararat…3The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down. 4On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. 5And 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.… Cross References 2 Peter 3:6 through which the world of that time perished in the flood. Matthew 24:37-39 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. Hebrews 11:7 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. 1 Peter 3:20 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. Luke 17:26-27 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. Isaiah 54:9 “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. Psalm 104:6-9 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— ... Job 22:15-16 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. Ezekiel 14:14 then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD. Isaiah 25:10 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. 2 Peter 2:5 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; Matthew 24:38 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. Luke 3:36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, 1 Chronicles 1:4 The sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Isaiah 11:9 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. Treasury of Scripture And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat. the ark. 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… seventh month. Ararat. 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 Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. 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 Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. 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. Jump to Previous Ararat Ar'arat Ark Month Mountains Rest Rested Resteth Seventeenth Seventh ShipJump to Next Ararat Ar'arat Ark Month Mountains Rest Rested Resteth Seventeenth Seventh ShipGenesis 8 1. God remembers Noah and calms the waters.4. The ark rests on Ararat. 6. Noah sends forth a raven and then a dove. 13. Noah, being commanded, goes forth from the ark. 20. He builds an altar, and offers sacrifices, 21. which God accepts, and promises to curse the earth no more. On the seventeenth day The specificity of the "seventeenth day" underscores the precision and orderliness of God's plan. In the Hebrew calendar, numbers often carry symbolic meaning. The number seventeen can symbolize overcoming the enemy and complete victory. This day marks a pivotal moment in the narrative of Noah, as it signifies the beginning of a new era for humanity. It is a reminder of God's faithfulness and the fulfillment of His promises. of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat Ararat.--If in Genesis 11:2 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 Chaldean Genesis 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" ( Chaldean Genesis, 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 east, that is, eastward, in Genesis 13:11. In 2Kings 19:37 "Ararat" is translated Armenia; but it is more correctly described in Jeremiah 51:27 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 Genesis 8:5 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. . . . Verse 4. - And the ark rested. 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 עַל (cf. ver. 9; also Exodus 10:14; Numbers 10:36; Numbers 11:25, 26; Isaiah 11:2). In the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month. I.e. exactly 150 days from the commencement of the forty days' rain, reckoning thirty days to a month, which seems to confirm the opinion expressed (Genesis 7:24) 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'). Upon the mountains. I.e. one of the mountains. "Pluralis numerus pro singulari ponitur" (cf. Genesis 21:7; Genesis 46:7; Judges 12:7; vide Glass., 'Philoh Seer. Tract.,' 1. cap. 14. p. 866). Of Ararat.1. It is agreed by all that the term Ararat describes a region. 2. 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 Genesis 11:2); 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). 3. The locality which appears to have the countenance of Scripture is the region of Armenia (cf. 2 Kings 19:37; Isaiah 37:38; Jeremiah 51:27; Aquila, Symmachus, Theodotion, Vulgate). . . . Hebrew On the seventeenthבְּשִׁבְעָה־ (bə·šiḇ·‘āh-) Preposition-b | Number - masculine singular Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number day י֖וֹם (yō·wm) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day of the seventh הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י (haš·šə·ḇî·‘î) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular Strong's 7637: Seventh (an ordinal number) month, בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ (ba·ḥō·ḏeš) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2320: The new moon, a month the ark הַתֵּבָה֙ (hat·tê·ḇāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8392: A box, chest came to rest וַתָּ֤נַח (wat·tā·naḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 5117: To rest, settle down on עַ֖ל (‘al) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the mountains הָרֵ֥י (hā·rê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country of Ararat. אֲרָרָֽט׃ (’ă·rā·rāṭ) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 780: Ararat -- a district in eastern Armenia Links Genesis 8:4 NIVGenesis 8:4 NLT Genesis 8:4 ESV Genesis 8:4 NASB Genesis 8:4 KJV Genesis 8:4 BibleApps.com Genesis 8:4 Biblia Paralela Genesis 8:4 Chinese Bible Genesis 8:4 French Bible Genesis 8:4 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 8:4 The ship rested in the seventh month (Gen. 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