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)
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