What was the name of Noah's wife in the Book of Jubilees, a later Jewish work?

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

The biblical Book of Genesis does not give Noah's wife a personal name. Emzara appears in the Book of Jubilees, a later Jewish work that retells and expands biblical history. Jubilees identifies her as the daughter of Rake'el and the mother of Shem, Ham, and Japheth's family line through Noah.

This distinction matters because several traditions assign different names to Noah's wife. Naamah is mentioned in Genesis as a descendant of Cain, but Genesis does not call her Noah's wife. Later Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions also preserve varying identifications.

Emzara is therefore the answer specifically for the Book of Jubilees, not a name stated in Genesis itself. The text was probably composed in the second century BCE and survives in a complete form mainly through Ge'ez manuscripts.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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