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:.

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and in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

The ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

exactly five months from the time the flood began, the boat came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

And the ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

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

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