According to Genesis, which of Noah's sons are named as passengers on the Ark?

According to Genesis, Noah's sons named as passengers on the Ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 7:13 names Noah, his wife, his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and their wives as entering the ark. The passage therefore identifies eight human passengers in total: Noah and his wife, three sons, and three daughters-in-law.

These names matter because later Genesis genealogies present Shem, Ham, and Japheth as the ancestors of peoples and nations after the flood. Their role extends beyond the ark episode into the book's account of repopulation and family lines.

A common mix-up is to substitute other famous biblical families, such as Abraham's descendants or Moses' household. Those figures belong to later narratives. In the ark account, the three sons are consistently named together as Shem, Ham, and Japheth.