Bookmarked until somebody else comes up with the info for me to read
I know two off the top of my head: Rahab and Ruth. Rahab, the “innkeeper” of Jericho, was the mother of Boaz, who married Ruth. Their son was Obed, David’s grandfather.
Two points here. First, the probable reason Boaz was unmarried was because of his mother, which made him a half-breed with a former ho for a mother—something Ruth wouldn’t care about, since she was 100% unIsraelite. Second, Obed was 1/4 Israelite and 3/4 Foreigner. God was demonstrating way back then that Gentiles who wanted to to be grafted to the vine were welcome.
Off the top of my head I remembered Rahab, Ruth, and Bathsheba, besides Eve and Mary.
In honor of Mother’a Day, all moms were givers of life.
Thee brothers of Jesus or the adelphoi (Greek: ἀδελφοί, translit. adelphoí, lit. “of the same womb”)[1][Notes 1] are named in the New Testament as James, Joses (a form of Joseph), Simon, Jude,[2] and unnamed sisters are mentioned in Mark and Matthew.[3] They may have been: (1) the sons of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and Joseph, (2) sons of Mary the wife of Cleophas and sister of Mary, the mother of Jesus; or (3) sons of Joseph by a former marriage. While option 1 is described as the “most natural inference” from the New Testament, those who uphold the perpetual virginity of Mary reject the idea of biological brethren and maintain that the brothers and sisters were either cousins of Jesus (option 2, the position of the Catholic Church) or children of Joseph from a previous marriage (option 3, the Eastern Orthodox Churches).[4] The Lutheran Churches have accepted both option 2 and option 3 as being valid explanations for the doctrine of the perpetual virginity of Mary.[5]
Wasn’t John the Baptist a cousin? If so, isn’t Martha included?
Eve, Noah’s wife, Sarah, Rebekah, Leah, Tamar, Bathsheba, Rahab, Ruth, and of course, Mary.