Had Noah a wicked wife, son?

Question

Is there any instance in Jewish literature that mentions that one of Noah's sons was a disbeliever who refused to come aboard the Ark, instead preferring to climb a mountain, where he drowned? or depicts Noah's wife as an evil woman who was false to her husband or a disbeliever ?

The Quran states that Noah's wife was not a believer with him so she did not join him; neither did one of Noah's sons , who was secretly a disbeliever but had pretended faith in front of Noah. The sons of Noah are not expressly mentioned in the Qur'an, except for the fact that one of the sons was among the people who did not follow his own father, not among the believers and thus was washed away in the flood :

Quran 11:43 And ˹so˺ the Ark sailed with them through waves like mountains. Noah called out to his son, who stood apart, “O my dear son! Come aboard with us and do not be with the disbelievers.” He replied, “I will take refuge on a mountain, which will protect me from the water.” Noah cried, “Today no one is protected from Allah’s decree except those to whom He shows mercy!” And the waves came between them, and his son was among the drowned.

Noah's wife is referred to in the Qur'an as an evil woman. Allah sets forth, for an example to the Unbelievers, the wife of Noah and the wife of Lut: they were (respectively) under two of our righteous servants, but they were false to their (husbands), and they profited nothing before Allah on their account, but were told: "Enter ye the Fire along with (others) that enter!

— Qur'an 66:10

God sets forth, for an example to the Unbelievers, the wife of Noah and the wife of Lut: they were (respectively) under two of our righteous servants, but they were false to their (husbands), and they profited nothing before God on their account, but were told: "Enter ye the Fire along with (others) that enter!

Answer 1

No. The Torah is very clear that Noah's wife joined him in the Ark. Not much else is known about her. The Torah lists three sons of Noah -Shem, Cham, and Yefes- and makes clear that all three entered the Ark and repopulated the world after the flood. The son Cham is listed as having sinned after the flood, and according to Rabbinic sources also violated G-d's commandment for the people on the Ark to be celibate, but he was on the Ark.

In general, many stories in the Quran are loosely based on the Torah, but with many significant details changed.

Answer 2

The Torah says that Noach, his wife, his three sons, and their wives entered the ark: Genesis 7:13

“In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark.”

As far as who was evil and who was not, Genesis 7:1 only states: “And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.”

As far as other sources whose authors believe in the Torah, we can look at the the book of Jubilee In the case of Noah's wife, in Jubilees her name is given as Emzara, his cousin (Jub. 4:33). It states nothing about her character. According to one midrash, Naamah was the wife of Noah. Another interpretation has her as the wife of one of his sons. Genesis Rabbah 23:3 identifies Naamah, the daughter of Lemech and sister of Tubal-cain (Gen. 4:22), as Noah's wife. Another doesn’t state whose wife she is. As of her character? According to the Rabbis, Naamah was Noah’s wife; as her name indicates, her actions were pleasing (ne’imim—Gen. Rabbah 23:3). According to another view, however, she acted improperly, for she beat on a drum and drew people to engage in idolatry, and her musical activity increased corruption among people. This tradition is apparently connected with a different interpretation of the name Naamah, from ne’imah (melody and song) (Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on Gen. 4:22). There does not seem to be singularity on whether Naamah was Noach’s wife, one of his son’s wives, or simply mother of the neflim and temptress of the fallen angels. In the instance of her being Noach’s wife (or that of one of his sons), there are portrayals of her being both wholesome and evil.

Sefer haYashar and Genesis Rabba both agree that Noah's wife was called Naamah. According to the latter, she was the sister of Tubal-cain (Genesis 4:21); according to the former, she was a daughter of Enoch, and Noah married her when he was 498 years old. The 17th-century theologian John Gill mentioned a theory which identified Naamah instead with the name of the wife of Ham, son of Noah, who he believed may have become confused with Noah's wife.