Genesis 7:6

6 Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters 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 In just seven days I will dump rain on Earth for forty days and forty nights. I'll make a clean sweep of everything that I've made."
5 Noah did everything God commanded him.
6 Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters covered the Earth.
7 Noah and his wife and sons and their wives boarded the ship to escape the flood.
8 Clean and unclean animals, birds, and all the crawling creatures
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