Genesis 7:6
in Genesis 7Now Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
KJV
And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
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This verse in Genesis 7
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd 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, Gen 8:13 his eldest son was now an hundred years old, since when Noah was five hundred years old he begat children, Gen 5:32.
This site's exposition
Noah was 600 years old
on Genesis 7:6-10
Noah's age is given as 600 years, and the year fixes the flood inside the genealogy of Genesis 5. The seven days pass, the animals come to Noah two by two, clean and unclean together, and the floodwaters come upon the earth. Peter calls Noah a preacher of righteousness at 2 Peter 2:5. No one else enters the ark.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
Noah did everything the Lord had commanded him, and he was six hundred years old when the waters of the flood overflowed the earth. And Noah entered the ark, and his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives with him, and so on.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְנֹ֕חַ | venoach | and Noah | H5146 → | 46 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [was] a son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שֵׁ֥שׁ | shesh | six | H8337 → | 216 times |
| מֵא֖וֹת | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
| שָׁנָ֑ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וְהַמַּבּ֣וּל | vehammabul | and the flood | H3999 → | 13 times |
| הָיָ֔ה | hayah | <it> was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| מַ֖יִם | mayim | water | H4325 → | 581 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | haaretz | the earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
וְנֹ֕חַand Noah
venoachH5146 →46 times
בֶּן־[was] a son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
שֵׁ֥שׁsix
sheshH8337 →216 times
מֵא֖וֹתhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וְהַמַּבּ֣וּלand the flood
vehammabulH3999 →13 times
הָיָ֔ה<it> was
hayahH1961 →3559 times
מַ֖יִםwater
mayimH4325 →581 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הָאָֽרֶץ׃the earth
haaretzH776 →2504 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
6 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 8:13In 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…
it leads to
- Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
- Genesis 7:11
Through
Genesis 5:32After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
it leads to
- Genesis 6:10
And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- Genesis 10:21
And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.
- Genesis 10:1
This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.
- Genesis 9:18–19
The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.
- Genesis 7:13
On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—
- Genesis 6:10
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This page draws on Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.