KJV ORIGINAL
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
The ark came to rest on the seventeenth day of the seventh month on the mountains of Ararat.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse tells us that Noah's ark finally came to rest on solid ground after months of floating on the floodwaters.
📚 Historical Context
This occurs during the great flood that God sent to judge the earth's wickedness, with only Noah's family and the animals on the ark surviving. The mountains of Ararat were located in what is now modern-day Turkey, in the ancient region of Armenia. The seventh month would correspond to what we now call March or April in the Hebrew calendar.
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