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# General Information:
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Verses 6-12 repeat for a second time and give more detail about how Noah went into the ark with his family and the animals in [Genesis 7:1-5](./01.md). This is not a new event.
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# In the six hundredth year of [Noah](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/noah)'s life
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"When [Noah](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/noah) was 600 years old" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])
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# the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month
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Since Moses wrote this book, it is possible he is referring to the second month of the Hebrew calendar. But this is uncertain. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-hebrewmonths]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])
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# on the same day
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This refers to the specific day when the rain began. This phrase emphasizes how all of these major events happened quickly when the time arrived.
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# the fountains of the great deep burst open
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"water from under the earth rushed up to the earth's surface"
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# the great deep
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This refers to the sea that was thought to be under the earth.
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# the windows of heaven were opened
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This refers to rain. It describes the sky as a ceiling that keeps the waters above it from falling down to the earth. When the windows, or doors, in the sky were opened, the water came down through them. AT: "the sky opened" or "the doors in the sky opened"
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