Which three sons of Noah are named together in Genesis before the flood story?

The three sons of Noah named together in Genesis are Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 5:32 introduces these three names before the flood narrative, and Genesis 7:13 says Noah entered the Ark with his wife, his sons, and their wives. The account therefore presents Noah’s immediate family as eight people in total: Noah and his wife, their three sons, and the three sons’ wives.

After the flood, Genesis 9 and 10 continue the story through these sons and their descendants. Genesis 10, often called the Table of Nations, associates many peoples and regions with the lines descending from Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

The text does not provide the name of Noah’s wife, and traditions outside Genesis supply different names. The sons’ names, by contrast, are explicitly stated in the biblical account and recur in later genealogical material.