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Genesis 7:6

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7:6Noah11 was 600 years old when the floodwaters engulfed12 the earth.

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  1. 11 Heb “Now Noah was.” The disjunctive clause (conjunction + subject + predicate nominative after implied “to be” verb) provides background information. The age of Noah receives prominence.
  2. 12 Heb “and the flood was water upon.” The disjunctive clause (conjunction + subject + verb) is circumstantial/temporal in relation to the preceding clause. The verb הָיָה (hayah) here carries the nuance “to come” ( 225 הָיָה). In this context the phrase “come upon” means “to engulf.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came upon the earth.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters came on the earth.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Noah was six hundred years old when the flood came and water covered the earth.

NLTNew Living Translation

Noah was 600 years old when the flood covered the earth.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Noah was six hundred years old when the flood waters came upon the earth.

KJV 1900King James Version

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