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    Did Noah's sons each have only one wife?

    Question #115263. Asked by serpa. (Jun 14 10 5:23 PM)


    Arpeggionist

    		It never says that in the Bible. It is always assumed by legend surrounding the flood story, but there's no way to know. It's possible. Noah's wife is referred to in the singular though.

    Jun 14 10, 6:37 PM
    queproblema

    		Referring to Noah's Flood, I Peter 3:20 says eight people were saved. That comes out to Mr. and Mrs. Noah and 3 sets of Mr. and Mrs. ben Noahs.

    http://bible.cc/1_peter/3-20.htm

    This isn't 100% historical, of course, and one wonders about Noah's grandchildren. If children didn't count, why would women?

    "Wherein few, that is, eight souls - Eight persons - Noah and his wife, his three sons and their wives,"

    http://www.bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Bible.show/sVerseID/30445/eVerseID/30445/RTD/Barnes/version/ylt#ixzz0qsaEN57t

    Jun 14 10, 7:05 PM
    serpa

    		His sons were all named Ben? I though they were Shem, Ham and Japheth.

    Jun 14 10, 8:00 PM
    Arpeggionist

    		Yes, well, Peter was assuming just like the rest of us. I checked again - the Bible doesn't mention the number of Noah's daughters-in-law, though Genesis does state that the three sons were the ancestors of every living human on earth (Gen. 9:18).

    Jun 14 10, 8:38 PM
    serpa

    		Peter says eight. That's good enough for me. (I was just teasing about his sons named Ben, btw.)

    Jun 14 10, 8:51 PM
    looney_tunes

    		There isn't any definitive monogamous statement, though. Three sons and three wives does notnecessariy mean one man, one wife. There could have been one with two wives, and one who hadn't gotten around to it yet. (Just saying, as a reminder not to jump to conclusions from very didgy evidence!)

    Jun 15 10, 12:27 AM

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