The apostle Peter wrote: “The patience [a quality related to long - suffering] of God was waiting in Noah’s days, while the ark was being constructed, in which a few people, that is, eight souls, were carried safely through the water. ”
(‏ ۱پِطْرُس ۳ :‏ ۲۰‏ )‏ البتّه کسانی که اهل خانهٔ نوح نبودند موعظهٔ او را « نفهمیدند .‏ »