او مشغول ساختن كشتی بود، و هر زمان گروهی از اشراف قومش بر او میگذشتند، او را مسخره میكردند؛ (ولی نوح) گفت: «اگر ما را مسخره میكنيد، ما نيز شما را همينگونه مسخره خواهيم كرد!
And he constructed the ship, and whenever an assembly of the eminent of his people passed by him, they ridiculed him. He said, "If you ridicule us, then we will ridicule you just as you ridicule.