Genesis 7:6

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“Now Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.”

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BSBPD

“Now Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and Noah <FI>is<Fi> a son of six hundred years, and the deluge of waters hath been upon the earth.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 7:6 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 5:32After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
  2. 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 the surface of the ground was dry.

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