Ararat = Sri Lanka (paradise, translation, genesis, Islamic)

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In the Samaritan version of the Pentateuch the name of Serendib replaces that of Ararat

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Legend and tradition, Islamic and Samaritan in origin, connect Sri Lanka with biblical personalities and events. Adam is said to have descended on the island after his expulsion from Paradise, and Noah’s Ark allegedly rested on the mountains of Serandib, which tradition equates with Mount Ararat. The Sri Lankan city of Galle is said to be the city of Tarshish, to which King Solomon sent merchant ships.

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Origin of the tradition

Noah's Ark landed on the "mountains of Ararat" (Biblical Hebrew: הָרֵי אֲרָרָט‎, hare ararat), according to Genesis 8:4.[83] Many historians and Bible scholars agree that "Ararat" is the Hebrew name of Urartu, the geographical predecessor of Armenia; they argue that the word referred to the wider region at the time and not specifically to Mount Ararat.[c] The phrase is translated as "mountains of Armenia" (montes Armeniae) in the Vulgate, the fourth century Latin translation of the Bible.[87] Nevertheless, Mount Ararat is traditionally considered the resting place of Noah's Ark.[88] It is called a biblical mountain.[89][90]