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When on his account the earth was flooded, Wisdom again saved it,
    piloting the righteous man[a] on frailest wood.(A)

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  1. 10:4 Noah.

17 Noah, found just and perfect,
    renewed the race in the time of devastation.(A)
Because of his worth there were survivors,
    and with a sign to him the deluge ended.

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[a]and if he did not spare the ancient world, even though he preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, together with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the godless world;(A)

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  1. 2:5–10a Although God did not spare the sinful, he kept and saved the righteous, such as Noah (2 Pt 2:5) and Lot (2 Pt 2:7), and he knows how to rescue the devout (2 Pt 2:9), who are contrasted with the false teachers of the author’s day. On Noah, cf. Gn 5:32–9:29, especially 7:1. On Lot, cf. Gn 13 and 19.