What was Noah's wife's name?

Question

I know at that time he had more than one, but which one went was important on the ark.

Answer 1

There does not seem to be any passages in the Bible referring to her other than the account beginning in Genesis 7:7 which mentions Noah's wife. His wife is not named in the Bible for certain; however, according to Jewish tradition her name is Naamah.

Answer 2

Although the Book of Genesis in the Bible does not give any information about the four women it says were aboard Noah's Ark (who had supposedly witnessed the days before the Flood), there exist substantial extra-Biblical traditions regarding these women and their names.

In the Book of Jubilees, known to have been in use from the late 2nd century BC, the names of the wifes of Noah as Emzara

The Genesis Rabba midrash lists Naamah, the daughter of Lamech and sister of Tubal-Cain, as the wife of Noah, as does the 11th century Jewish commentator Rashi.

According to the 15th century monk Annio da Viterbo, the Hellenistic Babylonian writer Berosus had stated that the sons' wives were Pandora, Noela, and Noegla, and that Noah's wife was Tytea. However, Annio is widely regarded today as having been a forger.[1]

Answer 3

I think her name was Sariah. I am researching it. I don't know if he had Multiple wives or not, but it seems to me that if he did they all would have gone on the Ark with him unless they were wicked.

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Well I have not located her name, but in Genesis 7 it talks about Noah and his Wife and his three Sons and their three Wives. So that throws the Multiple wife theory out the window

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So I don't see that it mentions his wife's name in the Bible. It does refer to her several times, but just as Noah's wife. There is nothing to suggest that he had more than one wife..

Answer 4

Noah's Wife: What was Noah's wife's name?
There does not seem to be any passages in the Bible referring to her other than the account beginning in Genesis 7:7 which mentions Noah's wife. His wife is not named in the Bible for certain; however, according to Jewish tradition her name is Naamah.

Why Tubal-cain's sister (a daughter of Lamech by his wife Zillah, and sister of Tubal-cain, a descendant of Cain) should be specifically mentioned is unknown. Jewish tradition made her Noah's wife. Her name, meaning "the beautiful" or "the pleasant one," reflects the worldly mind of the Cainites, who looked for beauty rather than for character as the chief attraction in women.

Nichol, Francis D., The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, (Washington, D.C., Review and Herald Publishing Association) 1978.

Answer 5

The most important woman on the ark was the one that cleaned the stalls.

Answer 6

i don't think the Bible actually says (it's not Sarah, that was Abraham's wife. And Ruth is much further on in the Bible. And Ziporah was Moses' wife - some people are getting a bit confused lol)

Answer 7

I don't believe her name is ever given in the Bible. She is referred to as wife of Noah or eyshet Noah.

According to the Book of Jubilees
Wife of Noah - Emzara
Wife of Shem - Sedeqetelebab
Wife of Ham - Ne'elatama'uk or Na'eltama'uk
Wife of Japheth - 'Adataneses

In Jewish tradition she is called Naamah

Answer 8

As others have answered it does not appear in the Bible, however in Jewish readings it was listed as Na'amah meaning pleasant one. I thought it was Ruth myself.

Answer 9

According to the Book of Jubilees, "And in the twenty-fifth [1205 A.M.] jubilee Noah took to himself a wife, and her name was Emzara, the daughter of Rake'el, the daughter of his father's brother, in the first year in the fifth week [1207 A.M.]: and in the third year thereof she bare him Shem, in the fifth year thereof [1209 A.M.] she bare him Ham, and in the first year in the sixth week [1212 A.M.] she bare him Japheth."

According to a children's book written by an ordained Jewish rabbi - Noah's wife's name was Naamah. The book's title is "A Prayer for the Earth: The Story of Naamah, Noah's Wife". The author is Sandy Eisenberg Sasso who is well-known. HOWEVER ... this is confusion on the author's part. Naamah was the name of one of Noah's son's wives.

Noah's wife's name is Emzara.

Answer 10

No one knows for sure. Her name is not given in the Bible but Jewish tradition uses the name "Naamah."