According to the First Epistle of Peter, eight people were aboard Noah’s Ark.
First Peter 3:20 refers to “eight souls” being saved through water. This matches the family group described in Genesis: Noah, his wife, his three sons, and the three sons’ wives. The total is therefore eight human passengers.
Genesis does not present the number as a separate headline, but its family details allow the count. Noah’s sons are named Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Each is described as having a wife, while Noah and his wife complete the group. The count excludes the animals, whose presence is described separately.
This figure is sometimes confused with the number of people in later flood traditions or with the number of animals taken aboard. The New Testament’s explicit “eight souls” wording makes the requested answer a number rather than a list of names. It is also an example of a later biblical text interpreting the earlier Genesis narrative.