How old was Noah when the flood came in the Genesis account?

Noah was 600 years old when the flood came, according to Genesis 7:6. The verse introduces the flood by stating Noah’s age, making this one of the clearest numerical facts in the story.

The age belongs to the flood event, not to the moment when Noah first received the command to build the ark. Genesis first presents Noah as the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, then describes the divine warning, the ark’s construction, and the arrival of the flood. The chronology therefore places the flood when Noah had reached six centuries of age.

Later in Genesis, Noah is said to live for 350 years after the flood and to die at 950. Those separate figures sometimes cause confusion, but they do not change the age given at the flood itself. Biblical genealogies use long lifespans for several antediluvian patriarchs, and Noah’s stated age belongs to that literary and theological setting.

The number is specifically 600, rather than Noah’s total lifespan of 950 years.