Mothers, examples of

Examples are given in Scripture of notable mothers, mothers-in-law and grandmothers.

Eve, the mother of all the living

Genesis 3:20 See also Genesis 3:16

And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.

Hagar, the mother of Ishmael

Genesis 16:1–4, Genesis 16:15

Sarah, the mother of Isaac

Genesis 21:1–3 See also Genesis 17:15–19, Genesis 18:10–14

Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised. So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised. And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.

Rebekah, mother of Esau and Jacob

Genesis 25:21, Genesis 25:24, Genesis 27:5–17

Rachel, mother of Joseph and Benjamin

Genesis 30:22–24, Genesis 35:16–18

Jochebed, mother of Moses

Exodus 2:1–2, Exodus 6:20; Hebrews 11:23

Naomi, Ruth's mother-in-law

Ruth 1:15, Ruth 4:13–17

Hannah, mother of Samuel

1 Samuel 1:2, 1 Samuel 1:11, 1 Samuel 1:20

Jezebel, who taught her sons to worship Baal rather than the LORD

1 Kings 22:52; 2 Kings 9:22

The Shunammite woman

2 Kings 4:16–22, 2 Kings 4:32–37

Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist

Luke 1:5–7, Luke 1:13, Luke 1:24–25, Luke 1:57

Mary, mother of Jesus Christ

Luke 2:6–7 See also Matthew 1:18; Luke 1:26–31, Luke 1:38, Luke 2:19; John 2:1–5, John 19:25–27; Acts 1:14

While they were there, the time came for her Child to be born. And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

Herodias, a treacherous mother

Matthew 14:8 parallel Mark 6:24–25

Rufus' mother, a mother to Paul

Romans 16:13

Lois and Eunice, a godly grandmother and a mother

2 Timothy 1:5