Genesis gives ages before Abraham, and readers differ on whether they are meant to be added up into dates. How the dates are worked out
Name meaning
"rest, comfort" · Hebrew
"This same shall comfort us" (Genesis 5:29).
About
Described as righteous and blameless in his generation. God instructed him to build a large ark to save his family and representatives of every animal species from a world-covering flood. After the flood God made a covenant with Noah, symbolized by a rainbow. He lived 950 years.
And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.Genesis 5:29, KJV
Genesis 6:8
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.Genesis 6:8, KJV
Genesis 7:1
And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.Genesis 7:1, KJV
Genesis 9:1
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.Genesis 9:1, KJV
Genesis 9:28
And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.Genesis 9:28, KJV
Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.Hebrews 11:7, KJV
Matthew 24:37
But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.Matthew 24:37, KJV
See how Noah connects to every other figure in Scripture.