"Mothers of the Bible" worksheet: Match biblical figures with their mothers and clues.

Let’s solve this step by step.

We have two matching tasks:

Left Side: Match each son or daughter-in-law (A, E, H, R, S, A, M, E, R, O, T) with the correct mother from the list in the middle.

Right Side: Match each clue (I, R, O, G, M, O, D, F, T, F, G) with the correct mother from the same middle list.

The mothers listed in the middle are:
- REBEKKAH
- MARY
- RAHAB
- ELIZABETH
- HANNAH
- JOCHEBED
- EUNICE
- NAOMI
- EVE
- SARAH
- BATHSHEBA

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Step 1: Left Side — Match Son/Daughter-in-law to Mother

Let’s go one by one using Bible knowledge:

A. Solomon → ?
Solomon’s mother was Bathsheba.
→ BATHSHEBA

E. Isaac → ?
Isaac’s mother was Sarah.
→ SARAH

H. John → ?
John the Baptist’s mother was Elizabeth.
→ ELIZABETH

R. Moses → ?
Moses’ mother was Jochebed.
→ JOCHEBED

S. Timothy → ?
Timothy’s mother was Eunice.
→ EUNICE

A. Ruth → ?
Ruth was Naomi’s daughter-in-law.
→ NAOMI

M. Jacob → ?
Jacob’s mother was Rebekkah.
→ REBEKKAH

E. Samuel → ?
Samuel’s mother was Hannah.
→ HANNAH

R. Cain → ?
Cain’s mother was Eve.
→ EVE

O. Jesus → ?
Jesus’ mother was Mary.
→ MARY

T. Boaz → ?
Boaz’s mother was Rahab (according to tradition and some biblical interpretations).
→ RAHAB

✔ Left side matches done.

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Step 2: Right Side — Match Clue to Mother

Now let’s match each clue letter to the correct mother.

I. “An angel told me I would have a baby Who would be the Son of God.” (Luke 1:34-35)
That’s Mary.
→ MARY

R. “I put my baby in a basket.” (Exodus 6:20, Exodus 2:1-3)
That’s Jochebed (Moses’ mom).
→ JOCHEBED

O. “I laughed when God promised me a child in my old age.” (Genesis 18:9-14, Genesis 21:1-3)
That’s Sarah.
→ SARAH

G. “I used goat skins and a tasty meal to help my son trick his father.” (Gen. 27:15-17)
That’s Rebekkah (helped Jacob trick Isaac).
→ REBEKKAH

M. “Both my sons died, but my daughter-in-law stayed with me and blessed me.” (Ruth 1:16-20)
That’s Naomi.
→ NAOMI

O. “My mother, Lois, and I faithfully taught my young son God’s truth.” (2 Timothy 1:5)
Wait — this is about Timothy’s mom and grandma. The speaker here is Eunice (Timothy’s mom), saying she and her mother Lois taught him. So this clue belongs to Eunice.
→ EUNICE

D. “My son became a wise and wealthy king of Israel.” (1 Kings 1:28-30)
That’s Bathsheba (mother of Solomon).
→ BATHSHEBA

F. “I promised to give my son back to the Lord which is why he grew up in the house of the Lord.” (1 Sam. 1:20)
That’s Hannah (mother of Samuel).
→ HANNAH

T. “My baby leaped in my womb when Jesus came near.” (Luke 1:13, 41-45)
That’s Elizabeth (mother of John the Baptist).
→ ELIZABETH

F. “After protecting some Israelite spies, I became the great, great grandmother of King David.” (Joshua 6:25; Matthew 1:5-6)
That’s Rahab.
→ RAHAB

G. “I was called the mother of all living.” (Genesis 3:20, 4:1)
That’s Eve.
→ EVE

✔ Right side matches done.

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Final Check:

Let’s make sure every mother is used once on each side? Actually, no — the middle list has 11 names, and we’re matching 11 items on left and 11 clues on right. Each mother may appear more than once if needed? Wait — looking at the worksheet layout, it seems each blank line next to a name is for one answer. But actually, the way it’s set up, you write the mother’s name next to each son/daughter-in-law on the left, and also next to each clue on the right. So the same mother can be written multiple times if they fit multiple roles.

But in our solution above, we matched correctly based on Bible facts.

Also note: There’s a secret message hint at the bottom: “Ethan thinks he spies a secret message. Can you find it?” — that’s probably formed by taking the first letters of the answers or something, but since the user didn’t ask for that, we’ll skip it unless required. Since ExplainAnswer is false, we don’t need to explain extra stuff.

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Final Answer:

Left Side Matches:
A. Solomon → BATHSHEBA
E. Isaac → SARAH
H. John → ELIZABETH
R. Moses → JOCHEBED
S. Timothy → EUNICE
A. Ruth → NAOMI
M. Jacob → REBEKKAH
E. Samuel → HANNAH
R. Cain → EVE
O. Jesus → MARY
T. Boaz → RAHAB

Right Side Matches:
I → MARY
R → JOCHEBED
O → SARAH
G → REBEKKAH
M → NAOMI
O → EUNICE
D → BATHSHEBA
F → HANNAH
T → ELIZABETH
F → RAHAB
G → EVE