Genesis 6:8-11

⁸ But Noah had grace in the eyes of God.

Noah Makes the Ark

⁹ These are the generations of Noah. Noah was an upright man and without sin in his generation: he went in the ways of God. ¹⁰ And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

¹¹ And the earth was evil in God's eyes and full of violent ways.