Bible Strands
Genesis 7:6
Now Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative positions Noah at the exact chronological threshold when the floodwaters arrive upon the earth, situated immediately after his completed obedience in Genesis 7:5 and before his family’s entry into the ark in Genesis 7:7.
The words — The phrase בֶּן־שֵׁשׁ מֵאֹת שָׁנָה (ben-shesh me'ot sha.nah) literally means "a son of six hundred years," while הַמַּבּוּל הָיָה מַיִם (ha.ma.bul ha.yah ma.yim) states "the flood was waters."
The thread — This chronological marker connects to Genesis 5:32, where Noah reaches five hundred years and fathers his sons, and Genesis 8:13, which records the waters receding in his six hundred and first year.
Why it lands — The text establishes divine timing and human age as the fixed parameters for the flood’s onset, requiring the reader to track the precise fulfillment of God’s declared schedule without adding explanatory speculation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
Cross-references
- Genesis 5:32 After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- Genesis 8:13 In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.