Genesis 8:4
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
KJV
Requievitque arca mense septimo, vigesimo septimo die mensis, super montes Armeniæ.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἡ κιβωτὸς ἐν μηνὶ τῷ ἑβδόμῳ, ἑβδόμῃ καὶ εἰκάδι τοῦ μηνός, ἐπὶ τὰ ὄρη τὰ Ἀραράτ.
LXX
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
ASV
וַ/תָּ֤נַח הַ/תֵּבָה֙ בַּ/חֹ֣דֶשׁ הַ/שְּׁבִיעִ֔י בְּ/שִׁבְעָה עָשָׂ֥ר י֖וֹם לַ/חֹ֑דֶשׁ עַ֖ל הָרֵ֥י אֲרָרָֽט
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲרָרָ֑ט
'rrt
proper_noun · 4×
הֵנִ֨יחַ
hnych
verb · 67×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
חֹ֣דֶשׁ
chdsh
noun · 280×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עָשָׂ֖ר
'shr
adjective · 335×
שִׁבְעַ֥ת
shb't
adjective · 393×
שְּׁבִיעִ֔י
shby'y
adjective · 98×
תֵּבָ֔ה
tbh
noun · 28×
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 14.—That the Years in Those Ancient Times Were of the Same Length as Our Own. Let us now see how it can be plainly made out that in the enormously protracted lives of those men the years were not so short that ten of their years were equal to only one of ours, but were of as great length as our own, which are measured by the course of the sun. It is proved by this, that…
And God remembered Noah. To say that God remembered Noah does not mean he had forgotten him, but that God now manifested his care by making the waters to recede. Noah's offering upon leaving the ark shows that true piety begins with gratitude. God's promise not to curse the ground again for man's sake is a covenant of common grace toward all creatures.
Josephus retells the Genesis narrative: creation, the fall of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, the genealogy from Adam to Noah, the flood, the tower of Babel, and the lives of Abraham and Isaac. He follows the biblical account closely but adds rationalizing explanations and draws on extra-biblical traditions.
Cross-references
- 2Kgs 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 h
- 2Kgs 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 h
- Isa 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 h
- Isa 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 h
- Jer 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
- Jer 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