What was Noah's wife's name in the Book of Jubilees, a text outside Genesis?

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In the Book of Jubilees, Noah’s wife is named Emzara.

The Book of Jubilees is an ancient Jewish work that retells and expands material from Genesis and Exodus. It names people whom the biblical Genesis account leaves anonymous, including Noah’s wife. Emzara is presented as Noah’s spouse and as the mother of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis itself does not give Noah’s wife a personal name. This makes Emzara a tradition from later literature rather than a name stated in the canonical Flood narrative. Other Jewish and Christian traditions supply different names, which is why questions about Noah’s wife require identifying the source text.

Emzara should also not be confused with Naamah, a woman mentioned in Genesis 4:22 as the sister of Tubal-cain. Later traditions sometimes connect anonymous or differently named figures across texts, but those identifications are not established by Genesis. The Book of Jubilees was preserved especially in Ethiopic, with fragments also known from the Dead Sea Scrolls, and its expanded genealogical details influenced later discussions of biblical characters.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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