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Sarah שָׂרָה
Sarah (or Sarai) was the wife of Abraham and the mother of Isaac, through whom God fulfilled His promise to make Abraham a great nation.
Also called Sarai, Sara.
Family
Where Sarah appears
Genesis (43), Romans (2), Isaiah (1), Hebrews (1), 1 Peter (1)
Key verses
- Genesis 11:29 first mention — And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
- Genesis 11:31 — And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
- Genesis 17:17 — Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
- Genesis 17:19 — And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
- Genesis 17:21 — But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
- Genesis 18:10 — And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
- Genesis 18:14 — Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
- Genesis 21:1 — And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
- Genesis 21:6 — And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
- Genesis 23:2 — And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
- Isaiah 51:2 — Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
- Hebrews 11:11 — Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.