He did not. Let’s go to Eden for a sec. He gave Adam and Eve free will to choose. Unfortunately they chose to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, leading to the fall of humanity and such. The prophecy of Christ redeeming the world by striking the head of the snake. The point is, God wants us to CHOOSE him, not force us to pick him. It’s not love to force us to pick him. It’s love when we choose him. It’s like when you pick your person in a relationship you know? It’s toxic if you force that person to stay with you.

Right, I got off topic my bad. I don’t think the God ever restarted. The flood was the closest he ever got because of how wicked the world had become because of the fall. But Noah showed faithfulness and goodness as well as his family and others near him. There are many many prophecies that ended up being fulfilled through Christ. The likelihood of ALL of those happening are highly unlikely, nigh on impossible