The Meaning of Genesis 7:6 Explained

Genesis 7:6

KJV: 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.

ASV: And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Noah  [was] six  hundred  years  old  when the flood  of waters  was upon the earth. 

What does Genesis 7:6 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 7:1-24 - The Great Flood
What anguish! They climbed the highest story of their towers, then to the hills, but the greedy waters followed them, till the last crag was covered, and all living things in the first homes of human life had perished. Equally sudden and unexpected shall be the days of the Son of Man. See Luke 17:26; 2 Peter 3:7. But what drowns other men only lifts the child of God nearer his home. The waters bear up the ark. When the loftiest refuges of lies and pride are submerged, and the whole landscape is covered with a monotonous waste of trouble, God says to the soul, "Come into the ark." It is as though He is inside and wants us to enter into close fellowship with Himself. See Psalms 27:5. When God shuts the door behind us, no power can force, no skeleton key can unlock, and no wedge can pry the door. For the extent of the Deluge it is appropriate to consider Luke 2:1-3. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 7

1  Noah, his family and the living creatures enter the ark
6  The flood begins
17  The increase of the flood for forty days
21  All flesh is destroyed by it
24  Its duration of 150 days

What do the individual words in Genesis 7:6 mean?

And Noah [was] old six hundred years when the flood came of water upon the earth
וְנֹ֕חַ בֶּן־ שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וְהַמַּבּ֣וּל הָיָ֔ה מַ֖יִם עַל־ הָאָֽרֶץ

וְנֹ֕חַ  And  Noah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: נׄחַ  
Sense: son of Lamech, father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth; builder of the ark which saved his family from the destruction of the world which God sent on the world by the flood; became the new seminal head of the human race because his family were the only survivors of the flood.
בֶּן־  [was]  old 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
שֵׁ֥שׁ  six 
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct
Root: שֵׁשׁ  
Sense: six.
מֵא֖וֹת  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine plural
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
שָׁנָ֑ה  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
וְהַמַּבּ֣וּל  when  the  flood 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַבּוּל  
Sense: .
הָיָ֔ה  came 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
מַ֖יִם  of  water 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַיִם  
Sense: water, waters.
עַל־  upon 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
הָאָֽרֶץ  the  earth 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.

What are the major concepts related to Genesis 7:6?

Loading Information...