Genesis 7:23
“And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.”
KJV
Read in Genesis 7Meaning
Land life is wiped away in the flood, while Noah and those with him in the ark are preserved.
Read carefully
The preservation of Noah's group belongs to this covenant narrative and should not be used to construct simplistic one-to-one judgments about later disasters.
Reflection
The climax holds together two realities the chapter has developed from the start: severe judgment and deliberate preservation.