Bereshis 7:6

6 And Noach was shesh me’ot shanah when the mabbul waters were upon ha’aretz.

Bereshis 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 ) .

Bereshis 7:6 In-Context

4 For shivah yamim from now, and I will cause it to rain upon ha’aretz arba’im yom and arba’im lailah; and every living creature that I have made will I wipe out from off the p’nei ha’adamah.

5 And Noach did according unto all that Hashem commanded him.

6 And Noach was shesh me’ot shanah when the mabbul waters were upon ha’aretz.

7 And Noach entered in, and his banim, and his isha, and nashim of his banim with him, into the tevah (ark), because of the waters of the mabbul.

8 Of behemah hatehorah, and of behemah that are not tehorah, and of haoph, and of every thing that creepeth upon ha’adamah,