Wives aboard Noah's Ark Wives aboard Noah's Ark The Wives aboard Noah's Ark were part of the family that survived the Deluge in the biblical Genesis flood narrative. Although the Bible only notes the existence of these women, there are extra-Biblical mentions regarding them and their names. In , God says to Noah, "But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you" (ESV). The deuterocanonical Book of Tobit (written "c." 225–175 BC) does not name any of the wives aboard Noah's Ark, but it does say that
Noah's Ark (2007 film) him to build an ark, upon which he will board his family and two of every animal, to survive the world-enveloping flood He will send. Noah then informs his family. Already unhappy with Noah's leadership, they assume he has lost his mind, particularly when he fashions a model of the ark out of mashed potatoes and begins cutting down his father's forest for lumber to build it. Noah sells his home to the greedy merchants Farfan and Esther for a flock of pigeons to deliver messages to all the animals of the world. However, the birds immediately abandon their task