Noah's Wife

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Noah’s wife
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See also: Noah
Name: *Naamah*Source: Middrash Genesis Rabah 23:4Appears in the Bible at: Genesis 4:22; Gen. 7:7 Daughter of Lamech and Zillah and sister of Tubal-cain (Gen. iv. 22). According to Abba ben Kahana, Naamah was Noah’s wife and was called “Naamah” (pleasant) because her conduct was pleasing to God. But the majority of the rabbis reject this statement, declaring that Naamah was an idolatrous woman who sang “pleasant” songs to idols.
See also Wives aboard the Ark for a list of traditional names given to the wives of Noah and his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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Or you could believe this entry, also in Wikipedia
In the Book of Jubilees, known to have been in use from the late 2nd century BC, the names of the wives of Noah, Shem, Ham and Japheth are as follows:
  • Wife of Noah - Emzara, daughter of Rake’el, son of Methuselah
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Tantum_ergo said:
Contrary to popular opinion it was NOT “Joan of Ark”.
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For the record St. Joan’s real name is more likely to be “Jehanne Darc”. The popular (at least in English) “of Arc” may have arose due to a misinterpretation of the surname - in reality her father’s - Darc (also spelled Dars, Day, Darx, Dare, Tarc, Tart or Dart) as “d’Arc”, since 15th century French never used apostrophes in surnames. Joan never came from a place called Arc, but from the village of Domremy.
 
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