on Ararat (Gen. 8:3, 4)
4. The waters further receded to the point that (600th year, seventh month, seventeenth day) the ark rested on Ararat (Gen. 8:3, 4) 5. The waters continued to abate so that (600th year, tenth month, first day) the tops of the mountains were visible (Gen. 8:5). 6. Forty days later (600th year, eleventh month, tenth day) Noah sent out a raven and a dove (Gen. 8:6). Over the next 14 days, Noah sent out two more doves (Gen. 8:10, 12). In all, this took 61 days or two months and one day. 7. By Noah's 601st year on the first month, the first day, the water had dried up (Gen. 8:12, 13). 8. Noah waited one month and 26 days before he disembarked in the second month, the twenty-seventh day of his 601st year. From beginning to end, the flood lasted one year and 10 days from Gen. 7:11 to Gen. 8:14. © 1997 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
GENESIS—NOTE ON 8:1 But God remembered Noah. God's covenant with Noah brought provision and protection in the midst of severe judgment. The remnant was preserved, and God initiated steps toward reestablishing the created order on earth. the waters subsided. God used the wind to dry the ground; evaporation returned water to the atmosphere.
GENESIS—NOTE ON 8:4 the mountains of Ararat. These were in the region of the Caucasus, also known as ancient Urartu, where the elevation exceeded 17,000 feet.
Major Mountains of the Bible
Major Mountains of the Bible Mount Ararat (in modern Turkey), where Noah's ark came to rest (Gen. 8:4). Mount Carmel, where Elijah was victorious over the prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18:9–42). Mount Ebal (opposite Mount Gerizim), where Moses commanded that an altar be built after the Hebrews entered the Promised Land (Deut. 27:4). Mount Gerizim, where Jesus talked with the Samaritan woman at the well (John 4:20). Mount Gilboa, where King Saul and his sons were killed in a battle with the Philistines (1 Chron. 10:1, 8). Mount Hermon, a mountain range that marked the northern limit of the conquest of Canaan (Josh. 11:3, 17). Mount Lebanon, the source of cedar wood for Solomon's temple in Jerusalem (1 Kings 5:14, 18). Mount Moriah, where Abraham brought Isaac for sacrifice (Gen. 22:2) and the location of Solomon's temple (2 Chron. 3:1). Mount Olivet, or Mount of Olives, where Jesus gave the discourse on his second coming (Matt. 24:3). Mount Pisgah, or Nebo, where Moses viewed the Promised Land (Deut. 34:1). Mount Seir, south of the Dead Sea, the location to which Esau moved after Isaac's death (Gen. 36:8). Mount Sinai, or Horeb (near Egypt), where the law was given to Moses (Ex. 19:2–25).