This can be stated in active form. AT: "about things no one had ever seen before" or "about events that had not happened yet" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
Here "world" refers to the world's human population. AT: "the people living in the world at that time" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
Noah is spoken of as if he were to inherit property and wealth from a family member. AT: "received from God the righteousness" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])