In the Genesis account, God calls out to Noah: he is dissatisfied with the conduct of men on earth. He judges them to be cruel, wicked and perverse. Among men, God singles out Noah for his integrity and devotion to God. After thinking for a while of totally destroying his creation, he changed his mind and wished to spare Noah and his family, as well as the animals of the earth and sky, from the destruction that God was planning to spread over the earth.nnnHe therefore orders Noah to build an ark with his family, for which he gives very precise instructions on how to build it.