On the seventeenth day of the second month, when Noah was 600 years old, all the springs of the great deep burst open, the floodgates of the heavens were opened,

The ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat on the seventeenth day of the seventh month.

The flood water continued to recede until the tenth month, when, on the first of that month, the tops of the mountains could be seen.

In the six hundred and first year of Noah's life, during the first month, the flood water began to evaporate from the land. Noah then removed the ark's cover and saw that the surface of the land was drying.

By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the ground was dry.

Laban responded, "You certainly are my flesh and blood!" So Jacob stayed with him for about a month.

Then Rachel told her father, "Sir, please don't be angry that I cannot stand up in your presence. It's that time of the month." So Laban searched for the idols, but never did find them.