Genesis 8:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

six hundredth and first year: i.e. of Noah's life.

the first month, the first day. Six such important dates in Bible: (1) Here, the drying up of the waters (Genesis 8:13); (2) The setting up of Tabernacle by Moses (Exodus 40:2); (3) The sanctification of cleansed-up Temple by Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 29:17); (4) The going up of Ezra (Genesis 7:9); (5) The giving up of strange wives (Ezra 10:17); (6) The offering up of. bullock in Ezekiel's future Temple (Ezekiel 45:18).

Genesis 8:13

13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.