Noah’s Daughters-in-Law
Jubilees 7:14–16
Mid-2nd Century BCE
14He [Ham—Ed.] built himself a city and named it after his wife Neelatamauk. 15When Japheth saw [this], he was jealous of his brother. He, too, built himself a city and named it after his wife Adataneses. 16But Shem remained with his father Noah. He built a city next to his father at the mountain. He, too, named it after his wife Sedeqatelebab.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 2: Emerging Judaism.
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Although the biblical text does not name the wives of Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the book of Jubilees adds these details to its account. The etymologies of these women’s names are not entirely clear, but Neelatamauk may mean “heritage of destruction/blotting out,” and Sedeqatelebab likely means “righteousness of heart.”