Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
God postponed his Judgment against the sins of the people on earth as Noah was preaching to them about turning from their sins and trusting GOD for their salvation. Only until God exhausted allpossobility and reached out to the people did He finally execute Judgment against SIN and the Flood happened.