Genesis 6:8
Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
What it says
Noah finds favor in the eyes of the LORD. He is marked out by grace within a judged world.
What it is doing
It turns the chapter toward the exception to the general ruin.
In context
8Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD. 9This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God. 10And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence. 12And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.