Genesis 8:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 8:4

2 ^aThe fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also ^bstopped, and ^cthe rain from heaven was restrained.

3 And the waters receded continually from the earth. At the end ^aof the hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.

4 Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on 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, the tops of the mountains were seen.

6 So it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah ^aopened the window of the ark which he had made.

7 Then he sent out a raven, which kept going to and fro until the waters had dried up from the earth.

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

Amplified® Bible
On the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat [in Armenia].

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.

Darby English Version
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

Good News Bible
On the seventeenth day of the seventh month the boat came to rest on a mountain in the Ararat range.

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

New American Standard Bible
In the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat.

New International Version
and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on 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.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
In the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat.

Revised Standard Version
and in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest upon the mountains of Ar'arat.

Young's Literal Translation
And the ark resteth, in the seventh month, in the seventeenth day of the month, on mountains of Ararat;

New English Translation
On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on one of the mountains of Ararat.¹

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