Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

The eighth

Bringing

General references

Bible References

The eighth

1 Peter 3:20
These people had disobeyed [Noah's preaching, See II Pet. 2:5] back when God's patience waited [for them to repent, See Gen. 6:3], during the days of Noah, when the ship was being constructed. It was by that means [i.e., the ship floating them to safety through the Flood waters] that a few persons, eight of them, were saved [from destruction] through water.

Bringing

2 Peter 3:6
[And] it was by water that the world, which existed at that time, perished in a great flood [of Noah's day]!

General references

Matthew 24:37
As it was during the days of Noah, so it will be when the presence of the Son of man [arrives].
2 Peter 3:6
[And] it was by water that the world, which existed at that time, perished in a great flood [of Noah's day]!