Sarah
13 references
- 1. Also called SARAI
- Wife of Abraham Gen. 11:29-31; 12:5
- Near of kin to Abraham Gen. 12:10-20; 20:12
- Abraham represents her as his sister, and Abimelech, king of Gerar, takes her; she is restored to Abraham by means of a dream Gen. 20:1-14
- Is sterile; gives her handmaiden, Hagar, to Abraham as a concubine Gen. 16:1-3
- Her jealousy of Hagar Gen. 16:4-6; 21:9-14
- Her miraculous conception of Isaac Gen. 17:15-21; 18:9-15
- Name changed from Sarai to Sarah Gen. 17:15
- Gives birth to Isaac Gen. 21:3,6-8
- Death and burial of Gen. 23; 25:10
- Character of Heb. 11:11; 1 Pet. 3:5,6
- 2. SARAH
- See Serah
From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.