What was the name of Noah’s wife in the Book of Jubilees, a text related to the Noah’s Ark tradition?

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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 gives names and additional genealogical details that are not supplied by the canonical Book of Genesis. In Jubilees, Noah’s wife is Emzara, and the text also names the wives of Noah’s sons.

Genesis itself does not provide Noah’s wife with a personal name. This is why answers such as Naamah or other names appear in later traditions, commentaries, and popular retellings. Those names should not be treated as the biblical Genesis answer.

Emzara is therefore tied specifically to the Book of Jubilees, not to a universally accepted identification across all Noah traditions. The work survives in a complete Ethiopic version and in fragments or quotations from other textual traditions, and its date and textual history have been studied extensively.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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