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Genesis 8:4-6
New Catholic Bible
Genesis 8:4-6
New Catholic Bible
4 In the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on Mount Ararat.[a] 5 The waters continued to recede until the tenth month. In the tenth month, the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains came into view.
6 After forty days had gone by, Noah opened the window that he had made in the ark
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- Genesis 8:4 Ararat (cuneiform texts have Urartu) has been variously identified: the northeast region of Lake Van; the mountains of Kurdistan; the Lubar mountains, near Zagros, close to the Nisir of the Gilgamesh myth.
