In Genesis, what was the first month of Noah’s 601st year when the ground became dry?

In Genesis, the ground became dry in the first month of Noah’s 601st year.

Genesis 8:13 says that on the first day of Noah’s 601st year, the waters had dried from the earth’s surface. Noah then removed the covering of the Ark and saw that the ground was dry.

The account distinguishes between the ground becoming dry and the Earth being fully dry. Genesis 8:14 says that by the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the Earth was completely dry. This gives the Flood story a dated sequence rather than a single undifferentiated ending.

The chronology begins when Noah is 600 years old and the Flood arrives. The reference to his 601st year therefore identifies the year after the Flood began. Different translations may use “first month” or the Hebrew month name in notes, but the underlying month number is the same.