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- Eve by Peter Paul Rubens 1. Eve was the mother of Seth and the grandmother of Enos.
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- Hannah presenting her son Samuel to the priest Eli, by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, ca. 1665 // 2. Hannah was the mother of Samuel.
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- “Sarah and the Angels” by Marc Chagall, 1960 // 3. The woman who laughed when she heard she was going to have a child was Sarah.
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- “Ruth and Naomi” by He Qi, 2001 // 4. The mother of Mahlon and Chilion and the mother-in-law of Ruth was Naomi.
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- “Hagar and the Angel” by Carel Fabritius, ca. 1643-5 // 5. Hagar and her son Ishmael were ministered by angels.
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- “The Meeting of Jacob and Rachel” by William Dyce, 1850 // 6. Rachel was the mother of Joseph, the man with the coat of many colors.
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- “Moses and Jochebed” by Pedro Americo, 1884 // 7. Jochebed was the mother of Moses.
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- “The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the Infant St. John the Baptist” by Jacques Blanchard // 8. Mary’s cousin was Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist.
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- Jesus meeting the mother of James and John, artist unknown // 9. The mother of James and John, the sons of Zebedee, asked Jesus to have her boys sit on either side of him in his kingdom.
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- “Rebekah and Jacob” by Abel Pann // 10. Rebekah helped her son Jacob pull a fast one on his father so that he would inherit God’s covenant.
Check out these famous paintings of moms from the Bible. They also happen to be the answers to our \”Moms of the Bible\” quiz.
