He drowned the world once, but did he not instruct His faithful servant how to weather that storm? Did He not guide Noah's hand to build an ark, to gather animals and his family, to ride the waves until the time was ripe to repopulate the Earth with righteousness? Was that all Noah's Godlike doing, or did he benefit from divine assistance?
Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us."
- Ecclesiastes 1:9-10, KJV