Genesis 8:13 meaning and explanation

In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.

Genesis 8:13, Berean Standard Bible

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Noah has been shut inside the ark for over a year since the flood began. The narrator dates this moment precisely, in the six hundred and first year of Noah's life, the first day of the first month, marking a new beginning after judgment.

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