Why is favour said to be found , while people were not searching for it. Why not say " favour found Noah" in Genesis 6 8. Please I need to understand

Why is favour said to be “found,” although people were not searching for it? Why does it not instead say, “favour found Noah” in Genesis 6:8?

⁸ But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. ^{NKJV, ©1982}