Genesis 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 

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).

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.

³ tn Or “could be seen.”