text: Noah's wife is not named in Genesis. Some traditions identify her as Aretitia, from the Hebrew ereẓ (earth), on account of her being the mother of every living thing; after her death she was called "Vesta" (ie, "Eshta", from esh, "fire"), on account of her ascension to heaven. A separate tradition in Jubilees gives her name as Emzara, while later Midrashic writings and the Book of Jasher give it as Naamah.