LIST OF STORIES OF WOMEN IN THE BIBLE
LIST OF STORIES OF WOMEN IN THE BIBLE
This is a partial list of stories about women in the Bible in chronological order,
and a partial list of women¡¯s characteristics, situations and life issues.
Choose the best story for your listeners¡¯ needs and life issues,
considering also customs and traditions of the locality of your listeners, and time available to tell the story.
Prayer
Second Chance
Godly Witness
Forgiveness
Divine Presence
Leadership Role
Influence Others
Wise/Unwise Decisions
Self-Centered; Selfish
Impatience
Anger / Bitterness
Grief / Loss
Immigrant
Impoverished
Abandoment/Rejection
Rape / Abuse / Victim
Natural Disasters
Crisis
Rebellious Children
Childless Many Years
Dysfunctional Home
Blended Family
Prostitute
Remarried
Widow
Mother / Grandmother
TEXT
Married
DESCRIPTION
IN THE
BIBLE
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WOMEN
1. OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
# Eve
# Adam¡¯s wife
# Created by God
# Disobeyed God (sin)
# Sons: Cain (murderer);
Abel (godly example;
victim);
Seth (godly example)
Genesis
2:15-25;
2:15-17;
3:1-23;
4:1-15
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# Noah¡¯s Wife # Noah¡¯s wife
# Sons: Sham, Ham and
Japheth
# Flood
Genesis
6:5-22;
7 and 8
x x
Genesis
12:1,10-19;
16;
17:5,15;
18:10-15;
20;
21:1-21;
23:1-21
x x
# Sarah
# Abraham¡¯s wife
# Famines; Abraham told
Pharaoh and a king that
Sarah was his sister
# Insisted Hagar bare
Abraham¡¯s child
# Unkind to Hagar
# Childless until ninety
years old
# Son: Isaac
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Genesis
29:14-25;
30;
31:19,30-35;
35:16-26
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Prayer
# Jacob¡¯s other wife
# Sons: Reuben, Simeon,
Levi, Judah, Issachar,
Zebulun; daughter Dinah
# Her servant Zilpah was
surrogate mother - sons:
Gad, Asher
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x x x
Second Chance
# Leah
x
Godly Witness
Genesis
29:14-25;
30;
31:19,30-35;
35:16-26
x
x
Forgiveness
# Beloved wife of Jacob
# Sons: Joseph and
Benjamin; died giving birth
to Benjamin
# Her servant Bilhak was
surrogate mother - sons:
Dan, Naphtali
Divine Presence
# Rachel
Leadership Role
x x
Influence Others
Genesis
24;
25:21-34;
26:1-17;
27
Wise/Unwise Decisions
# Isaac¡¯s wife
# Famine; Isaac told king
Rebekah was his sister
# Sons: Esau and Jacob
# Favored Jacob
# Deceived husband
x x x x x
Self-Centered; Selfish
# Rebekah
Impatience
x
Anger / Bitterness
x x
Grief / Loss
Genesis
19:12-29
Immigrant
# Lot¡¯s wife
# Two daughters
# Punished for
disobedience; turned into
pillar of salt
Impoverished
# Lot¡¯s Wife
x
Abandoment/Rejection
x x
Rape / Abuse / Victim
x x
Natural Disasters
Genesis
16;
21:1-21
Crisis
# Sarah¡¯s servant
# Surrogate mother
# Son: Ishmael
# Sent away by Abraham
Rebellious Children
# Hagar
Childless Many Years
Dysfunctional Home
Blended Family
Prostitute
Remarried
Widow
IN THE
BIBLE
Mother / Grandmother
TEXT
Married
DESCRIPTION
Single
WOMEN
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Prayer
Second Chance
Godly Witness
Forgiveness
Divine Presence
Leadership Role
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Influence Others
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Wise/Unwise Decisions
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Joshua
2:1-21;
6:16-17,
22-23;
Ruth
4:20-21;
Matthew 1:5
Self-Centered; Selfish
# Prostitute in Jericho
# Believed in God
# Hid two of Joshua¡¯s spies
# Salmon¡¯s wife
# Son: Boaz
# Great-great-grandmother
to King David
Impatience
# Rahab
x
Anger / Bitterness
Exodus x
2:1-10;
15:20-21;
Numbers
12:1-15
x x
Grief / Loss
# Daughter to Jochebed
and Amram
# Moses and Aaron¡¯s sister
# Protected her baby
brother Moses
# Prophetess
# Opposed Moses; God
punished her with leprosy
# Given another chance to
serve God
Immigrant
# Miriam
x
Impoverished
x x
x
Abandoment/Rejection
Exodus
1;
2:1-10;
Numbers
26:59
x
Rape / Abuse / Victim
# Amram¡¯s wife
# Daughter of Levi
# Slave in Egypt
# Sons: Moses and Aaron
# Daughter: Miriam
# Protected her baby
x x
Natural Disasters
# Jochebed
(Moses¡¯
Mother)
Crisis
x
Rebellious Children
Genesis
39:1-21
Childless Many Years
# Potiphar¡¯s wife
# Tempted Joseph
Dysfunctional Home
# Potiphar¡¯s
Wife
Blended Family
Genesis x
30:21;
34:1-31
Prostitute
# Jacob and Leah¡¯s
daughter
# Raped by Shechem
# Revenged by brothers
Remarried
# Dinah
Widow
IN THE
BIBLE
Mother / Grandmother
TEXT
Married
DESCRIPTION
Single
WOMEN
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Prayer
Second Chance
Godly Witness
Forgiveness
Divine Presence
Leadership Role
Influence Others
Wise/Unwise Decisions
Self-Centered; Selfish
Impatience
Anger / Bitterness
Grief / Loss
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Immigrant
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Judges
11;
Hebrews
11:32-34
Impoverished
# Prostitute
# Gave birth to Gilead¡¯s
illegitimate son Jephthah
who became the ninth
judge of Israel
Abandoment/Rejection
# Jephthah¡¯s
Mother
Rape / Abuse / Victim
Judges
4 and 5
Natural Disasters
# Lappidoth¡¯s wife
# Prophetess
# Fifth judge of Israel
# Went with Barak to battle
Crisis
# Deborah
Rebellious Children
Book of Ruth
Childless Many Years
# Naomi¡¯s daughter-in-law
# Became a widow
# Believed in God
# Left with Naomi and went
to Bethlehem
# Took care of Naomi
# Married Boaz
# Son: Obed
# Great-grandmother to
King David
Dysfunctional Home
# Ruth
Blended Family
Ruth
1;
4:13-22
Prostitute
# Elimelek¡¯s wife
# Famine; went to Moab
# Became a widow
# Sons: Mahlon and Kilion;
both died
# Bitter; grieved
# Returned to Bethlehem
with daughter-in-law Ruth
who took care of her
# Grandson: Obed
Remarried
# Naomi
Widow
IN THE
BIBLE
Mother / Grandmother
TEXT
Married
DESCRIPTION
Single
WOMEN
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# Michal
# Saul¡¯s daughter
# David¡¯s wife
# Protected David from her
father¡¯s pursuit
# Mocked King David for
dancing as the Ark entered
Jerusalem; consequently
she was childless
1 Samuel
18:17-30;
19:1-18;
25:44;
2 Samuel
1:13-16;
6:12-23
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x x
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# Abigail
# Wife to wicked Nabal
# Became a widow
# Peacemaker
# Married David
1 Samuel
25:2-42
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Prayer
x x
Second Chance
x x
Godly Witness
I Samuel
1:1-7
Forgiveness
x x
Divine Presence
x
# Elkanah¡¯s other wife
# Provoked Hannah
Leadership Role
Influence Others
Wise/Unwise Decisions
Self-Centered; Selfish
Impatience
Anger / Bitterness
Grief / Loss
Immigrant
Impoverished
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Abandoment/Rejection
x x x
I Samuel
1;
2:1-11,1821,26
x x
Rape / Abuse / Victim
x
Natural Disasters
Judges
16:4-22
Crisis
# Peninnah
x
Rebellious Children
# Elkanah¡¯s wife
# Ridiculed by Peninnah
# Prayed for son;
dedicated him to the Lord
# Son: Samuel (prophet;
last judge of Israel)
Childless Many Years
# Hannah
Dysfunctional Home
# Samson¡¯s lover
# Deceived Samson
x x
Blended Family
# Delilah
Judges
13;
14:1-9;
16:17-22
Prostitute
# Manoah¡¯s wife
# Godly parents
# Son: Samson who
became physically strong;
disobedient to God¡¯s
instructions; judge of Israel
Remarried
# Samson¡¯s
Mother
Widow
IN THE
BIBLE
Mother / Grandmother
TEXT
Married
DESCRIPTION
Single
WOMEN
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