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 with waters again, saving only Noah, his family and the animals with him in the ark. Talmudic tractates Sanhedrin, Avodah Zarah, and Zevahim relate that, while Noah was building the ark, he attempted to warn his neighbors of the coming deluge, but was ignored or mocked. In order to protect Noah and his family, God placed lions and other ferocious animals to guard them from the wicked who tried to stop them from entering the ark. According to one Midrash, it was God, or the angels, who gathered the animals to the ark, together with their food. As there had