Genesis 7:6
And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
Genesis 7:6 in other translations
| BSB | Now Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth. |
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| WEB | Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came on the earth. |
| ASV | And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. |
| YLT | and Noah is a son of six hundred years, and the deluge of waters hath been upon the earth. |
| DARBY | And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was on the earth. |
| BBE | And Noah was six hundred years old when the waters came flowing over all the earth. |
| Webster | And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was on the earth. |
What does Genesis 7:6 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 7:1-12
The call to Noah is very kind, like that of a tender father to his children to come in-doors when he sees night or a storm coming. Noah did not go into the ark till God bade him, though he knew it was to be his place of refuge. It is very comfortable to see God going before us in every step we take. Noah had taken a great deal of pains to build the ark, and now he was himself kept alive in it. What we do in…
Genesis 7:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 7:6
- Genesis 5:32
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- Genesis 8:13
And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
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Context
- Genesis 7:5
And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him.
- Genesis 7:6
And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
- Genesis 7:7
And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
Genesis 7:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y siendo Noé de seiscientos años, el diluvio de las aguas fué sobre la tierra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Noé était âgé de 600 ans quand le déluge eut lieu et qu’il vint des eaux sur la terre. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Noah war 600 Jahre alt, als die Flut kam, Wasser über die Erde. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Eratque sexcentorum annorum quando diluvii aquæ inundaverunt super terram. |