Kejadian 8:4-5

8:4 On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on one of the mountains of Ararat. ¹  8:5 The waters kept on receding ²  until the tenth month. On the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains became visible. ³ 

Kejadian 8:2

8:2 The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of heaven were closed, ⁴  and the rain stopped falling from the sky.

1 Petrus 3:6

3:6 like Sarah who obeyed ⁵  Abraham, calling him lord. You become her children ⁶  when you do what is good and have no fear in doing so. ⁷ 

[8:4]  ¹ tn Heb “on the mountains of Ararat.” Obviously a boat (even one as large as the ark) cannot rest on multiple mountains. Perhaps (1) the preposition should be translated “among,” or (2) the plural “mountains” should be understood in the sense of “mountain range” (see E. A. Speiser, Genesis [AB], 53). A more probable option (3) is that the plural indicates an indefinite singular, translated “one of the mountains” (see GKC 400 §124.o).

[8:4]  sn Ararat is the Hebrew name for Urartu, the name of a mountainous region located north of Mesopotamia in modern day eastern Turkey. See E. M. Yamauchi, Foes from the Northern Frontier (SBA), 29-32; G. J. Wenham, Genesis (WBC), 1:184-85; C. Westermann, Genesis, 1:443-44.

[8:5]  ² tn Heb “the waters were going and lessening.” The perfect verb form הָיָה (hayah) is used as an auxiliary verb with the infinitive absolute חָסוֹר (khasor, “lessening”), while the infinitive absolute הָלוֹךְ (halokh) indicates continuous action.

[8:5]  ³ tn Or “could be seen.”

[8:2]  ⁴ tn Some (e.g., NIV) translate the preterite verb forms in this verse as past perfects (e.g., “had been closed”), for it seems likely that the sources of the water would have stopped before the waters receded.

[3:6]  ⁵ tn Grk “as Sarah obeyed.”

[3:6]  ⁶ tn Grk “whose children you become.”

[3:6]  ⁷ tn Grk “doing good and not fearing any intimidation.”