In Genesis, what was Noah’s age when the Flood waters came upon the earth?

In Genesis, Noah was 600 years old when the Flood waters came upon the earth.

Genesis 7:6 gives Noah’s age as six hundred years when the Flood occurred. This detail belongs to the chronology surrounding his entry into the Ark and the beginning of the deluge. Genesis 7:11 further dates the start of the Flood to Noah’s six-hundredth year, in the second month and on the seventeenth day of the month.

The number is not Noah’s total lifespan. Genesis 9:28 says Noah lived 350 years after the Flood, and Genesis 9:29 gives his total age at death as 950 years. Those separate figures are a common source of confusion.

The biblical narrative uses ages and dated intervals to organize its primeval history. It does not provide a modern calendar equivalent for the month or day mentioned in the Flood account.