How many women are mentioned in the Bible?
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)