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Genesis 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

From Creation to the flood
Genesis	EVENT	Years	Age of the Earth
Ch. 1	Creation	0	0
5:3	Seth born when Adam was	130	130
5:6	Enos born when Seth was	105	235
5:9	Cainan born when Enos was	90	325
5:12	Mahalaleel born when Cainan was	70	395
5:15	Jared born when Mahalaleel was	65	460
5:18	Enoch born when Jared was	162	622
5:21	Methuselah born when Enoch was	65	687
5:25	Lamech born when Methuselah was	187	874
5:28	Noah born when Lamech was	182	1056
11:10	Shem born when Noah was	502	1558
7:6	The Flood when Noah was	600	1656

From this we see that the flood began on the 17^th day of the second month in the year 1,656 from creation.

I hope you find this helpful.

God bless,
Glenn