Later Scripture remembers Noah this way. Ezekiel 14 names Noah alongside Daniel and Job as an example of righteousness. Hebrews 11:7 supplies an inspired interpretation of Noah’s response: by faith he believed God’s warning about things not yet seen and prepared the ark. Hebrews does not turn Noah into a sinless man; it highlights trusting obedience.

Genesis itself also makes an important theological point after the Flood. Genesis 8:21 again says that the imagination of the human heart is evil from youth. The Flood judges a corrupt world, but it does not cure the human heart. That observation becomes crucial for the larger biblical story: humanity needs more than a reset of circumstances. The deeper problem travels forward with humanity.

The integrated story is: creation declared good → sin spreads from Eden into murder and violence → the earth becomes corrupt → God grieves and judges → Noah finds grace and responds in faith → even after the Flood, the human heart still needs transformation. The original manuscript’s comparison between Noah’s grace and Ephesians 2:8–9 can be devotionally useful, but Ephesians is not interpreting Genesis 6 directly. Hebrews 11 is the stronger inspired bridge and therefore carries the weight here.