Women in the Bible

Female Slaves of Abraham

Genesis 12:16; Exodus 11:5; 1 Samuel 25:41; 2 Kings 5:26; Esther 7:4

• Genesis 12:16 And for her sake he dealt well with Abram; and he had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male and female slaves, female donkeys, and camels.

List of Reading & Resources:

Articles

• “Slavery in the Hebrew Bible” by Zev Farber

• “Slavery in the Bible” by Benjamin Scolni

Books

• “Female (and Male) Slaves” (pp.178-179) by Carol Meyers in Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament by Carol Meyers (2001)