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So where are the mountains of Ararat? The mountains of Ararat form a mountain range named after the Urartu people who settled in that region after the dispersion event at the Tower of Babel. In Hebrew, Ararat and Urartu are even spelled the same way. Hebrew does not have written vowels, so both are essentially spelled rrt. Josephus, a Jewish historian living about 2,000 years ago, said that Armenia was made up of the descendants of Hul through Aram and Shem.6 Armenia is the later name of the region of Urartu/Ararat, which is a specific part of the Armenian highlands. So it is understandable why Josephus used the later name, whereas Moses used the earlier name.

The Uraratu people (spelled "rrt" in Hebrew, the identical spelling of Ararat in Hebrew)2 settled in this region, and their name was essentially given to this range of mountains. Moses, having been educated in Egypt, was aware of this people group, and these mountains that were named for this people group. So when editing Genesis together, he used the name "Ararat.