Genesis 8:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.”
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“On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the ark resteth, in the seventh month, in the seventeenth day of the month, on mountains of Ararat;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 8:4 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 7:17For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
- 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 swarming locusts.
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