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Women in the Bible

Question

How many women are mentioned in the Bible?

Answer

In the book of Genesis alone, over 40 woman are mentioned as individuals, though not all of them are named. Here is a list:

Eve (3:20) Cain’s wife (4:17) Adah, Zillah (4:19) Naamah (4:22) Noah’s wife and his three sons’ wives (7:13) Sarai (Yiscah), Milcah (11:29) Hagar (16:1) Lot’s wife and two daughters (19:15) Avimelech’s wife (20:17) Yishmael’s wife (21:21) Rivkah (22:23) Reumah (22:24) Rivkah’s mother (24:55) Rivkah’s nurse Devorah (24:59, 35:8) Keturah (25:1) Esav’s wives Yehudis (Adah) and Basemas (Oholivamah) (26:34;36:2) Yishmael’s daughter Machalas (or Basemas) (28:9;36:3) Rachel (29:6) Leah (29:16) Zilpah (29:24) Bilhah (29:29) Dinah (30:21) An unnamed midwife (35:17) Anah, mother(?) of Oholivamah (36:2) Timna (36:12) Mehetavel and Matred (36:39) The daughter of Shua (38:2) Tamar (38:6) An unnamed midwife (38:28) Potiphar’s wife (39:7) Asenas (41:45) An unnamed Canaanite woman (46:10) Serach (46:17)