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Then the flood waters steadily receded,[a] diminishing completely by the end of the 150 days. The ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat[b] on the seventeenth day of the seventh month. The flood water continued to recede until the tenth month, when, on the first of that month, the tops of the mountains could be seen.

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  1. Genesis 8:3 Lit. receded from the dry land
  2. Genesis 8:4 I.e. ancient Urartu