Genesis 8:4

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The ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on Ararat's mountains.

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Ararat refers to the mountainous region of ancient Urartu, generally associated with eastern Anatolia near modern Turkey, Armenia, and Iran. In this passage, the ark’s resting there marks God’s preservation of Noah’s family and the creatures through the flood as the waters begin to recede.

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Genesis 8:4 mentions Ararat.