Instead, they turned to mocking him and thinking he was a foolish man. Growing tired of all the ridicule, Noah then asked God to kill all the people who did not believe. God told Noah to build a boat, which became refuge for the animals and believers. In the story, Noah's wife and son both die because they did not believe. This shows that people are not shown mercy just because of their relations, but are judged on their own actions and held accountable for only themselves. For example, in the Qur'an, Noah begs God to save his son, but God refuses because Noah's son was not a believer and tried to survive in the mountains on his own instead jumping on the ark and believing in God.1 .
The Bible depicts the story of Noah quite similarly. There is a flood that overruns the world killing all the nonbelievers. Some of the main differences are that Noah brought his whole family on the ark with him, Noah did not command the people to be killed, it was God who decided that all of mankind had become wretched. Also, when the flood had ended, Noah sent out a dove to find land. When the dove appeared with an olive branch, they knew the flood was over. This dove represents the peace that this knowledge brought. Also in the Bible, God presents a rainbow to Noah and the animals as a promise to never flood the Earth again. In the Qur'an, it felt like Noah was weak and acted on impulse because no one would believe him. He was able to make the decision to kill everyone and eventually regretted this decision. In the Bible, Noah seems like devoted individual who was just doing what he was told to do, which was to be able to repopulate the world, spread the word of God, and safely transport the animals so that they too could repopulate.
The next important figure that is common between both the Qur'an and the Bible is Moses. There are multiple stories of Moses in both books, and they have a lot of similarities in them.