"Take two" was his motto (4)
I believe the answer is:
noah
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">take two was his motto</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for noah that I've seen before include "Great Biblical boatman" , "Biblical flood survivor" , "Biblical boat builder" , "Biblical builder of great ship" , "Old ship builder" .)