God Held Noah By The Hand And Will Walk With Israel

"Noah walked with God" (Genesis 6:9). Once the generation of the Flood had perished, He took hold of Noah's hand and walked about with him. The Holy One, blessed be He, said: My son Noah was righteous, and I held his hand and walked with him. You too, who are called righteous, as it is stated, "And your people shall all be righteous" and the rest (Isaiah 60:21), in the time to come I too will walk with you, as it is stated, "And I will walk among you" (Leviticus 26:12). The Holy One, blessed be He, said: For cattle and beasts, which are nothing, I traced their families, as it is stated, "By their families they went out of the ark" (Genesis 8:19); and Noah and his sons I do not trace by lineage? What did He do? He hastened to his sons and traced their lineage, as it is stated, "And the sons of Noah who went out of the ark" (Genesis 9:18).