Lux Domini

Genesis  8:4

And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

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Interpretation

The ark rested upon a mountain, whither it was directed by the wise and gracious providence of God, that might rest the sooner.

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This thought runs through Genesis 8:4-5.

Genesis 8:4 Genesis 8:5

Glossary

Ark Object
Noah’s ark, a building of gopher-wood, and covered with pitch, 300 cubits long, 50 cubits broad, and 30 cubits high.
Ararat Place
Sacred land or high land, the name of a country on one of the mountains of which the ark rested after the Flood subsided ( Gen. 8:4 ). The “mountains” mentioned were probably the Kurdish range of South Armenia. Modern identification: Urartu.