In Genesis, which of Noah’s sons entered the ark with his wife?

In Genesis, Noah’s sons who entered the ark with their wives were Shem, Ham and Japheth.

Genesis names Noah’s three sons in the Flood narrative and says that each entered the ark with his wife. Noah himself and Noah’s wife are also included among the eight people preserved from the Flood. The passage does not give the names of Noah’s wife or the wives of his sons.

Shem, Ham and Japheth later become important ancestral figures in the biblical account. Genesis 10 presents a table of nations that connects different peoples to their descendants, although the text’s genealogical descriptions are theological and literary rather than a modern population study.

Readers sometimes confuse the sons with later biblical figures such as Abraham, Isaac or Jacob. Those patriarchs belong to later generations. Another common mistake is to assume that Genesis supplies the women’s names; in the canonical Flood story, it does not.