What was Noah’s wife called in the Book of Jubilees?

In the Book of Jubilees, Noah’s wife is called Emzara. The Book of Jubilees is an ancient Jewish religious work that retells and expands stories from Genesis and Exodus. Its account supplies names and details that the biblical Book of Genesis does not provide.

Genesis refers to Noah’s wife but does not give her a personal name. Emzara therefore belongs to a later tradition, not to the wording of the canonical Genesis narrative. This distinction matters because several names have circulated in Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and later legendary sources.

Naamah is sometimes proposed in other traditions, especially because Genesis 4:22 names a woman called Naamah, but Genesis does not identify her as Noah’s wife. Emzara is the name associated specifically with Noah’s wife in Jubilees. The work is generally dated to the Second Temple period and survives in fuller form in Ge’ez manuscripts.