Which family members entered Noah’s Ark with him?

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Noah entered the Ark with his wife, sons, and daughters-in-law.

Genesis 7:7 describes Noah entering with his wife, his sons, and his sons’ wives. Genesis names the sons as Shem, Ham, and Japheth, but it does not give the names of Noah’s wife or the three wives of his sons.

The family group therefore totals eight people, including Noah. Some retellings add unnamed relatives or assign later traditional names to Noah’s wife, but those details are not supplied by the Genesis text itself.

The family’s presence is central to the story’s account of post-Flood humanity. Genesis later presents Noah’s sons as the ancestors of nations in its genealogical framework. The passage should not be confused with traditions that expand the family roster beyond the people explicitly described as entering the ark.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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