Ark Survivors

The eight-member family preserved aboard the Ark during the Great Flood, serving as the biological link between the antediluvian world and all subsequent human history according to Genesis.

8 profiles tagged Ark Survivors.

Oil-painting style portrait of Ham

Ham

Son of Noah who survived the Great Flood and became the progenitor of the southern nations

The second son of Noah and an ancestor of numerous southern nations, known as one of the eight survivors of the Great Flood.

Old TestamentAntediluvian Period
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Oil-painting style portrait of Ham's Wife

Ham's Wife

one of the eight survivors of the Great Flood and mother of the Hamitic nations

One of the eight survivors of the Great Flood and a programmatic matriarch of the post-diluvian human race through her four sons.

Antediluvian Period
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Oil-painting style portrait of Japheth

Japheth

Son of Noah who survived the Great Flood and received a blessing for his respect toward his father

Japheth was one of the three sons of Noah and a survivor of the Great Flood, traditionally viewed as the progenitor of the Indo-European and Aegean peoples.

Old TestamentAntediluvian Period
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Oil-painting style portrait of Japheth's Wife

Japheth's Wife

Survivor of the Great Flood and maternal ancestor of the Japhetic nations

One of the eight survivors of the Great Flood and a foundational maternal ancestor of post-diluvian humanity through the line of Japheth.

Antediluvian Period
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Oil-painting style portrait of Noah

Noah

Patriarch and ark builder who survived the Great Flood and established the rainbow covenant

A righteous patriarch who built an ark to preserve humanity and animals from a divine global flood, becoming the second father of the human race.

Antediluvian Period
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Oil-painting style portrait of Noah's Wife

Noah's Wife

Matriarch who survived the Great Flood on the Ark with her family

The matriarch of the post-Flood human race and one of the eight survivors aboard the Ark during the Genesis deluge.

Antediluvian Period
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Oil-painting style portrait of Shem

Shem

Son of Noah who survived the Great Flood and became the ancestor of the Semitic nations

The eldest or middle son of Noah, an Ark survivor, and the foundational patriarch of the Semitic peoples, including the Israelites.

Old TestamentAntediluvian Period
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Oil-painting style portrait of Shem's Wife

Shem's Wife

Noah's daughter-in-law and one of the eight survivors of the Great Flood

One of the eight survivors of the Great Flood and a female progenitor of a significant portion of the post-diluvian human race.

Antediluvian Period
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