As were the days of Noah, so will the arrival of the Son of man be.

For as in the days before the deluge people ate and drank, married and were married, till the day Noah entered the ark;

the son of Kainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,

And just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of man;

they were eating, drinking, marrying and being married, till the day Noah entered the ark ??then came the deluge and destroyed them all.

It was by faith that Noah, after being told by God what was still unseen, reverently constructed an ark to save his household; thus he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that follows faith.

who had disobeyed at the time when God's patience held out during the construction of the ark in the days of Noah ??the ark by which only a few souls, eight in all, were brought safely through the water.)

if he did not spare the ancient world but kept Noah, the herald of righteousness, safe with seven others, when he let loose the deluge on the world of impious men: