According to Genesis, which three sons accompanied Noah into the Ark?

According to Genesis, Noah’s three sons who entered the Ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Genesis 7:13 names Noah, his wife, his sons, and his sons’ wives as those who went into the Ark before the Flood.

These three sons become important in the genealogical material that follows the Flood. Genesis 10 presents a “table of nations” tracing peoples and territories to Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The chapter is a literary genealogy, and its groupings should not be treated as a modern scientific classification of human populations.

The story also identifies Noah’s wife and the wives of his sons, although it does not give their names in Genesis. That is why answers using famous later names for Noah’s wife are not directly supported by the biblical passage. The sons’ names, by contrast, are explicitly stated.