Mothers and daughters in Tanach

Last night was a mother-daughter event specifically for 7th graders. It consisted of song, dance, and buffet after speeches by the principal and a guest speaker imported all the way from Monsey. Some of what she touched on I did in this post. But something the principal said about the tradition of mothers and daughters made me think about what examples do we see in TaNaCh. I came up with zero.

We do see a lot of interaction between fathers and sons and a bit between mothers and sons (think of Rivka telling Yaakov what to do), then there are some father-daughter interactions, such as the one between Yiftach and the daughter he offered up to fulfill his vow. We also have extensive interaction between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in Megillas Ruth. Yes, according to the Midrash, Shifra and Puah were Yocheved and Miriam and so formed a mother-daughter midwife team. But we don't see any conversation between them. There is a midrashic conversation between Amram and Miriam when she convinced her father that he has to give at least daughters a chance at life, which was followed by his upbraiding her when it came time to toss the baby Moshe into the Nile. But no actual mother-daughter conversations. Perhaps that absence allows women more latitude on how to mother their daughters.