Mount Ararat
The mountain range where Noah's ark came to rest after the Flood.
First mentioned in the Bible
“In the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.”— Genesis 8:4
Background
Mount Ararat is where the Bible says Noah's ark came to rest after the Flood (Genesis 8:4). Noah's family of eight and the animals survived over a year in the ark. After leaving, Noah built an altar and Jehovah made a covenant never to flood the earth again, with the rainbow as a sign.
Related Scriptures (New World Translation)
In the seventh month, on the 17th day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Arʹa·rat.— Genesis 8:4
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