Before the Flood

Genesis 6:9-10 "This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God. Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, Japeth.

God did not like what he saw of the earth and its people. For there was much corruption and violence and HE decided to destroy both the people and the earth and every living creature upon the earth.

There is however one thing God did. He saved Noah, his wife, sons and their wives along with two of every living creature upon the earth and sheltered them upon the Ark, which Noah was required to build.

Genesis 6:18-20 "But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark-you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you. You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you. Two of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive.

And Noah did just that...he did everything God commanded of him.