LDS Author Creates Comprehensive List of All Women in the Book of Mormon and Bible

Recently, LDS author Heather Farrell created a comprehensive list of women in the Old Testamentin preparation for a new book similar to the one she created about women in the New Testament.

This list adds to those she has already created for women in the New Testament and women in the Book of Mormon. Here is just a sampling of the names she discovered. Find them all on her blog womeninthescriptures.com.

1 Nephi

5 daughters of Ishmael 7:1,6, 19; 16: 7, 27, 35; 18:9
Wife of Ishmael 7:6, 19
Sariah 2:5; 5:1-9; 8:14; 17:55; 18:17-19
Nephi's wife 16:7; 18:19
Women who traveled with Lehi into the wilderness 17:1-2, 20; 18:6

2 Nephi

Daughters of Laman 4:3
Nephi's sisters 5:6

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Mary (Matt 1:16, 18-25; 2-11, 13-14, 20-21; Matt 12:46-50; Matt 13:55; Mark 3: 31-35; Mark 6:3; Luke 1:26-56; 2:5-8, 16, 19, 22, 27, 34-35, 43-51; Luke 8: 19-20; John 2:1-5, 12; 6:42; John 19:25-27; Acts 1:14; Gal 4:4)

Peter’s Mother-in-law (Matt 8:14-15; Mark 1:30-31; Luke 4:38-39)

Daughter of Jarius (Matt 9: 18-19, 23-26; Mark 5: 22-24, 35-43; Luke 8:41, 49-56)

Wife of Jarius ( Mark 5:40-43; Luke 8:51-56)

Woman with Issue of Blood (Matt 9: 20-22; Mark 5:25-34; Luke 8:43-48)

Christ’s Sisters (Matt 13:56; Mark 6:3)

Herodias (Matt. 14: 1-11; Mark 6:17-28; Luke 3:19-20)

Herodias’ daughter (Matt 14:6-11; Mark: 6: 22-29; Luke 3:19-20)

Women and children among the 5,000 (Matt 14:21)

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Eve—Gen. 2:21-25; 3; 4-1-2, 25; 2 Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 2:13-15; 1 Ne. 5:11; 2 Ne. 2: 18-21; 9:9; Alma 12:21-26; D&C 138:39; Moses 2:27; 3:22-25; 4:6-30; 5:1-27; 6:2-6, 9; Abr. 5:16-19

Cain’s Wife—Gen. 4: 19-25; Moses 5:28, 42

Adah—Gen. 4:19-25; Moses 5:44-55

Zillah-- Gen. 4:19-25; Moses 5:44-55

Naamah—Gen. 4:22; Moses 5:46

Daughters of Adam—Gen. 5: 4

Daughters of Seth—Gen. 5:7

Daughters of Enos—Gen. 5:10

Daughters of Cainan—Gen. 5:13

Daughters of Mahalaleel—Gen. 5:16

Daughters of Jared—Gen. 5:19

Daughters of Enoch—Gen. 5:22

Daughters of Methuselah—Gen. 5:26

Daughters of Lamech—Gen. 5:30

Daughters of Men—Gen. 6: 1-4

Noah’s Wife—Gen. 6:18; 7: 7, 13; 18: 16, 18; Moses 8:12

Noah’s Daughters-in-law— Ge. 18; 7:7, 13; 8:16, 18

Daughters of Shem—Gen. 11:11

Daughters of Arphaxad—Gen. 11:13

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Lead image by Mandy Jane Williams from Women in the Scriptures