Genesis 7:6

The Flood

6 Noah {was six hundred years old} when the flood waters came upon 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 For {within seven days} I will send rain upon the earth [for] forty days and forty nights. And I will blot out all the living creatures that I have made from upon the face of the ground."

5 And Noah did according to all that Yahweh commanded him.

6 Noah {was six hundred years old} when the flood waters came upon the earth.

7 And Noah and his sons and his wife, and the wives of his sons with him, went into the ark because of the waters of the flood.

8 Of clean animals, and of animals which [are] not clean, and of the birds, and everything that creeps upon the ground,

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "was a son of six hundred years"
• [b]. Or "and"