^8:3The waters kept receding steadily⁴ from the earth, so that they⁵ had gone down⁶ by the end of the 150 days. ^8:4On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on one of the mountains of Ararat.⁷

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4 The construction combines a Qal preterite from שׁוּב (shuv) with its infinitive absolute to indicate continuous action. The infinitive absolute from הָלָךְ (halakh) is included for emphasis: “the waters returned … going and returning.”
5 Heb “the waters.” The pronoun (“they”) has been employed in the translation for stylistic reasons.
6 The vav (ו) consecutive with the preterite here describes the consequence of the preceding action.
7 Heb “on the mountains of Ararat.” Obviously a boat (even one as large as the ark) cannot rest on multiple mountains. Perhaps (1) the preposition should be translated “among,” or (2) the plural “mountains” should be understood in the sense of “mountain range” (see E. A. Speiser, Genesis [], ). A more probable option (3) is that the plural indicates an indefinite singular, translated “one of the mountains” (see §124.o). Ararat is the Hebrew name for Urartu, the name of a mountainous region located north of Mesopotamia in modern day eastern Turkey. See E. M. Yamauchi, Foes from the Northern Frontier (), 29–32; G. J. Wenham, Genesis (), 1:; C. Westermann, Genesis, 1:.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

and the waters receded from the earth continually. At the end of 150 days the waters had abated, and in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the water had gone down, and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The water steadily receded from the earth, and by the end of 150 days the water had decreased significantly. The ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

NLTNew Living Translation

So the floodwaters gradually receded from the earth. After 150 days, exactly five months from the time the flood began, the boat came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the waters receded from the earth gradually, and the waters abated at the end of one hundred and fifty days. And the ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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