and it was also by water, the water of the flood, that the old world was destroyed.
God did not spare the ancient world, but brought the flood on the world of godless people; the only ones he saved were Noah, who preached righteousness, and seven other people.
Everybody kept on eating and drinking, and men and women married, up to the very day Noah went into the boat and the flood came and killed them all.
Drought comes when God withholds rain; floods come when he turns water loose.
I will remember my promise to you and to all the animals that a flood will never again destroy all living beings.