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

For just like the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man.

and if he did not spare the ancient world, but did protect Noah, a herald of righteousness, along with seven others, when God brought a flood on an ungodly world,

People were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage – right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

For in those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark.

By faith Noah, when he was warned about things not yet seen, with reverent regard constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

after they were disobedient long ago when God patiently waited in the days of Noah as an ark was being constructed. In the ark a few, that is eight souls, were delivered through water.