In Genesis, during which year of Noah's life did the Earth become dry after the flood?

In Genesis, the Earth became dry during Noah's 601st year.

Genesis 8:13 says that in the six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, Noah removed the covering of the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry. The passage then records that the Earth was completely dry by the twenty-seventh day of the second month.

This date is part of Genesis's unusually detailed flood chronology. Earlier markers include Noah's age when the flood began, the start of the rain, the resting of the ark, and the receding of the waters. These details allow readers to distinguish the drying of the ground from the earlier appearance of mountain tops.

The answer is not 600, even though the flood began when Noah was 600. Genesis uses the next year for the final drying. It is also not 950, which is Noah's age at death. The 601st year is the specific chronological marker in the text.