The Kedushas Levi explains the words "Noach walked with Elokim" to mean that he lived with the middah of "Elokim", which is the name that symbolizes Hashem's attribute of strict judgment. This indicates that he didn't have the power to transform the middah of din into the middah of rachamim (Divine compassion). Regarding Avrohom and Yitzchok, however, it says (Bereishis 48:15): "Elokim before whom my fathers walked." This indicates that they walked "in front of Elokim", in the sense that they left middas hadin behind them, and transformed it into rachamim.
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