(Gen. 8:1:) THEN GOD REMEMBERED NOAH. This text is related (to Prov. 10:7): THE REMEMBRANCE OF A RIGHTEOUS ONE IS FOR A BLESSING. This is Noah, concerning whom it is written (in Gen. 6:9): A RIGHTEOUS MAN. (Prov. 10:7, cont.:) BUT THE NAME OF THE WICKED SHALL ROT. This is the generation of the flood, which rotted from the world, as stated (in Gen. 7:23): AND HE BLOTTED OUT ALL LIVING THINGS . And what is the meaning of HE BLOTTED OUT? Compare what is stated (in Exod. 17:14): FOR I WILL UTTERLY BLOT OUT THE REMEMBRANCE OF AMALEK …. Ergo (in Prov. 10:7): BUT THE NAME OF THE WICKED SHALL ROT.