According to Genesis, which three sons of Noah survived the Flood aboard the Ark?

According to Genesis, Shem, Ham and Japheth were the three sons of Noah who survived the Flood aboard the Ark.

Genesis names all three men as Noah’s sons and says that they, Noah, and Noah’s wife entered the Ark. Their wives also survived. After the Flood, the narrative describes the sons as the ancestors of the peoples known to the story’s audience.

The sons are often discussed through the “Table of Nations” in Genesis 10, which presents peoples and territories associated with their descendants. This is a biblical genealogical framework, not a modern population classification.

A common mix-up is identifying Noah’s sons as the Ark’s builders or as earlier figures such as Seth. Genesis presents Noah as the builder and his three sons as adult family members who entered the vessel with him.