Genesis 8:1

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God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided.

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Ararat refers to the mountainous region in eastern Anatolia, associated with present-day eastern Turkey and nearby areas. In the flood narrative, the ark comes to rest on the mountains of Ararat, marking God’s preservation of Noah’s family and the beginning of renewed life on the earth.

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Genesis 8:1 mentions Ararat.