God showed his favor to the good, as he always favors those who are good.

Satan exercised his wicked influence amongst the people and most of them turned to evil.
[93]Noah was a good man and he and the members of his family served the Lord Jehovah.

Sixteen hundred years and more passed from the time of the judgment in Eden (during which time the people became very wicked) and there was great violence in the earth.

God purposed to destroy all the wicked of earth; so he directed Noah to build an ark and to take into the ark the members of his family; and this done, a great flood of waters came upon the earth and all living creatures were destroyed except those in the ark.

There were only eight persons left on the earth after the flood.