The apostle Peter provides reasons: “The patience 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. ”
پِطْرُس رسول دلایل آن را چنین بیان کرد :‏ « در آن وقت که نوح به ساختن کشتی مشغول بود و خدا با صبر و حوصله انتظار می‌کشید .‏ .‏ .‏