“Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you, ... And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations. ... I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. ... But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”
Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. ... And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood. ... On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—
By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.
if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;