Genesis 7:6

6 Noah was 600 years old when the deluge came [and] water covered the earth.

Genesis 7:6 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 7:6

And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters
was upon the earth
When it began, for he was in his six hundred and first year when it ended, ( Genesis 8:13 ) his eldest son was now an hundred years old, since when Noah was five hundred years old he begat children, ( Genesis 5:32 ) .

Genesis 7:6 In-Context

4 Seven days from now I will make it rain on the earth 40 days and 40 nights, and I will wipe off the face of the earth every living thing I have made."

5 And Noah did everything that the Lord commanded him.

6 Noah was 600 years old when the deluge came [and] water covered the earth.

7 So Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives entered the ark because of the waters of the deluge.

8 From the clean animals, unclean animals, birds, and every creature that crawls on the ground,