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Genesis 8:4

Genesis 8:4

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the ark:

seventh month: That is, of the year, not of the deluge.

Ararat: Ararat is generally understood to be Armenia, as it is rendered elsewhere, in which there is a great chain of mountains, like the Alps or the Pyrenees, upon the highest part of which, called by some, "The Finger Mountain," the ark is supposed to have rested. ; ;

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