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when the patience of God was waiting

God's patience is a metonym for God himself. Peter writes of God's patience as if it were a person. Alternate translation: "when God was waiting patiently" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification)

in the days of Noah, in the days of the building of an ark

This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "during the time of Noah, when he was building an ark" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive)