Ob and In:
(1) Repeated: Destroy all the living creatures; everything on earth will die
(2) 18 but I will confirm my covenant with you. You will enter the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.
confirm=(BDB) establish (make, ratify) covenant
(NET) The Hebrew verb וַהֲקִמֹתִי (vahaqimoti) is the Hiphil perfect with a vav (ו) consecutive (picking up the future sense from the participles) from קוּם (qum, “to rise up”). This may refer to the confirmation or fulfillment of an earlier promise, but it is more likely that it anticipates the unconditional promise made to humankind following the flood (see Gen 9:9, 11, 17).
19-21 You must bring into the ark two of every kind of living creature from all flesh, male and female, to keep them alive with you...will come to you...you must take ...food
(NET) Heb “from all life, from all flesh, two from all you must bring.” The disjunctive clause at the beginning of the verse (note the conjunction with prepositional phrase, followed by two more prepositional phrases in apposition and then the imperfect verb form) signals a change in mood from announcement (vv. 17–18) to instruction.
Summary: To be an exception was not totally just Noah's credit, but due to God's covenant. Noah was able to enter the ark/salvation was due to God's grace and the fact that He was willing to bind Himself with a covenant. God's covenant also comes with instruction for what to do.
Reflection: We are able to be saved was due to God's provision of Jesus Christ. Not our own credit. Our salvation also comes with very clear instruction. Thank God for His planning, and determination.
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