“From Flood to Mountain: The Ark’s Five-Month Voyage” Noah’s ark drifted on the floodwaters for five months before it finally came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. The flood began when the rains started, and the waters continued to rise until the ark was lifted high above the earth. After many long days with no land in sight, God caused the waters to begin receding. At the end of five months—on the seventeenth day of the seventh month—the ark settled on Mount Ararat, marking the beginning of