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Noah's wife is one of the four wives aboard Noah's Ark. While nameless in the Bible (Genesis 4:22; Gen. 7:7), apocryphal literature lists 103 variations of her name and personality. While nameless in the Bible (Genesis 4:22; Gen. 7:7), apocryphal literature lists 103 variations of her name and personality.
The last of these is Noah's wife, to whom it gives the name of Emzara. Other Jewish traditional sources contain many different names for Noah's wife. The Book of Jubilees says that Awan was Adam and Eve's first daughter. Their second daughter Azura married Seth.
The deuterocanonical Book of Tobit (written c. 225–175 BC) does not name any of the wives aboard Noah's Ark, but states that Noah's wife was one of his "own kindred" . 1 Peter 3:20 (written in the late 1st century AD) states that there were eight people on the Ark.
The structure of the Ark (and the chronology of the flood) is homologous with the Jewish Temple and with Temple worship. [9] Accordingly, Noah's instructions are given to him by God (Genesis 6:14–16): the ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high (approximately 134×22×13 m or 440×72×43 ft). [10]
The Biblical account of Noah tells of God instructing Noah to build a giant ark to spare his family and pairs of animals from an impending flood meant to destroy the evil and wickedness running ...
Noah’s Ark is said to have come to rest on the mountains of Ararat following a 150-day flood about 5,000 years ago. Researchers now believe they’ve found evidence of human activity near the ...
Naamah (Hebrew: נַעֲמָה – Naʿămā) is mentioned in the Bible, in Genesis 4:22, as a descendant of Cain.She was the only mentioned daughter of Lamech and Zillah and their youngest mentioned child; her brother was Tubal-cain, while Jabal and Jubal were her half-brothers, sons of Lamech's other wife Adah.
The author, left, and her wife created a new name when they married. Courtesy of Kylie Sapphino Growing up, I didn't think I'd change my last name when I got married.