Genesis 9:10
And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
Genesis 9:10 belongs to the inspired book of Genesis affirmed as divine by Christ, so the Old Testament cannot be separated from the New Testament. Its context records Noah as a literal person who lived and the flood as a fact of history to which Christ directs the minds of all present and future generations. Noah's day prefigures the present age before Christ's appearing in the clouds of heaven, with human nature uninfluenced by the Spirit the same in Noah's day as in this age and the character of that generation marking this age.
The verse is part of God's gracious covenant with Noah, an act of mercy meant to be gratefully remembered. The builders of Babel did not gratefully remember that covenant but murmured against God.
The covenant in the verse still keeps God from destroying the present world, so although sin has increased in volume and prevalence since the small transgression that closed Paradise against Adam and Eve, and although the law lies prostrate and the Sabbath is trampled underfoot by a rebellious race, divine benevolence has not been cut off but love and care still flow earthward. God could come forth out of His place to punish the inhabitants for iniquity and sweep them away by a flood as in Noah's day, but He does not do this because of the covenant made with Noah, for He is full of compassion, mercy, and love.