Event
The Ark Rests on the Mountains of Ararat
"And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat."
Sort year2348 BC
Derived · sort year copied from a related record from The Flood
No tier 1-4 gives a BC year for the landing itself (Ussher prints only AM 1656 + 6 May). sorting_year copied from the-flood (CFAH AP-29) and ordered after it via sort_order_within_year.
Description
Genesis 8:4. The mountain tops become visible on the 1st day of the 10th month (Gen 8:5).
Scripture
Chronologies
| Chronology | Date as stated | Year (BC / AM) | Citation & note |
|---|---|---|---|
| CFAH | Not yet established | — | — pending CFAH reference. CFAH-4 AP-29 dates the Flood year (2348–2347 B.C.) but not the landing day |
| Ussher-Jones | Not yet established | — | — Not stated in the Jones sources read (Chart No. 1; Chronology of the Old Testament 15th ed. 2002, Chronological Compendium p. 1). Leave empty until verified. |
| Ussher | Within 1656 AM; Wednesday 6 May (Julian) Precision: day |
AM 1656 | Ussher, Annals of the World, First Age, §36 (1658 scan: "May 6, upon a wedensday") (opens in a new tab) year_bc_ad left null: Ussher's AM 1656 heading reads 2349 BC, but because his year begins in autumn, 6 May would fall in Julian 2348 BC. That conversion is derived, not printed by Ussher. Many secondary summaries give 5 May; the 1658 text reads 6 May. |
| Jordan secondary | "the Ark rested (invisibly) on Mount Ararat, on 7/17/1656, which is a Tuesday" Precision: day |
AM 1656 | Jordan, "The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 2)," Biblical Chronology 6:4 (April 1994), §5 "The Chronology of the Flood Year" (opens in a new tab) Weekday is Jordan's provisional reconstruction (sabbath pattern). Tops of mountains visible 10/1/1656; surface dry and Ark uncovered 1/1/1657 (Gen 8:13). |
| Biblical statements (direct Scripture data) | Noah's 600th year, 7th month, 17th day Precision: day |
— | Gen 7:11; Gen 8:4 (opens in a new tab) |
| MT-Gen | AM 1656 Precision: year |
AM 1656 | Gen 7:11; Gen 8:4 (same 600th year of Noah) (opens in a new tab) |
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Free sources
- The King James Version of the Bible (opens in a new tab) — Genesis 8 public-domain
- OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding (opens in a new tab) open-license
- The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 2) (Biblical Chronology 6:4, April 1994) (opens in a new tab) — §5 The Chronology of the Flood Year free-to-read
- The Annals of the World, Deduced from the Origin of Time (1658 English edition), Part One: 4004–176 BC (opens in a new tab) public-domain
Copyrighted works (CFAH papers, F. N. Jones) are linked, not reproduced.