3437 The story of Noah and his Flood is not told here. It is told in other places: e.g., see
11:25 -48 or
26:105-122- His only referred to here to point out that Noah's period lasted a long time, 950 years. (Cf. Gen.
9:28-29, where his whole age is declared to have been 950 years, of which 350 years were after the Flood). In spite of this long period, his contemporaries failed to listen, and they were destroyed but the story of the Ark remains an everlasting Sign and Warning to mankind-a Sign of deliverance to the righteous and of destruction to the wicked.