Original name: Sarai
Name changed by Yah/God Gen-17:15-16 to Sarah = princess
Birth and Ancestors
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- Father: Terah
- Mother:
- Other Relatives of Note: half sister of Abraham (her husband)
Marriage and Descendants
Land and Dwelling
Journeys
- Sarai accompanies Abram //Abraham from Ur of the Chaldeans to Haran and then to Canaan
- Egypt Gen-12:10Gen-12#v11Gen-12#v12Gen-12#v13Gen-12#v14Gen-12#v15Gen-12#v16Gen-12#v17Gen-12#v18Gen-12#v19-20 due to a famine, Abram and Sarai go to Egypt. Fearing for his life, Abram asks Sarai to say she is his sister because of her beauty. Pharaoh takes her into his household, but God afflicts Pharaoh’s house, leading to her release after the truth is revealed
External Articles
Archeology
Medical and Death
- Gen-23:1Gen-23#v2Gen-23#v3Gen-23#v4Gen-23#v5Gen-23#v6Gen-23#v7Gen-23#v8Gen-23#v9Gen-23#v10Gen-23#v11Gen-23#v12Gen-23#v13Gen-23#v14Gen-23#v15Gen-23#v16Gen-23#v17Gen-23#v18Gen-23#v19-20
- Dies at age 127 in Hebron
- Abraham purchases the cave of Machpelah from Ephron the Hittite to bury her, marking the first recorded burial in the promised land.
Righteousness and Unrighteousness
Righteousness
Unrighteousness
Other
- Sarah is referenced in Isaiah 51:2 as the matriarch of Israel alongside Abraham
- Hebrews 11:11 praises her faith for conceiving Isaac
- 1 Peter 3:6 cites her as an example of a godly wife who honored Abraham
Connections
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