(Sarai) Abraham’s wife, Gen 11:29; he was barren, Gen 11:30; Sarai and Hagar, Gen 16:1-6; Abraham makes her appear as her sister, Gen 12:10-20; Genesis 20:1-18; named Sarah, Gen 17:15; she laughs at God’s promise, Gen 18:9-15; she gives birth to Isaac, Gen 21:1-8; she is jealous of Ishmael, Gen 21:9-11; she dies at Hebron, Gen 23:2; buried at Machpelah, Gen 23:19.
Rom 4:19 body .. or the barrenness of the womb of S
Rom 9:9 at this time I will come, and S will have a son
Heb 11:11 by faith .. the same S, being barren
1Pe 3:6 as S obeyed Abraham, calling him
Sara (Heb. í ârâh “princess” or “lady”; gr. sárra). She is the wife of Abraham (Gen 11:29) and the daughter * of his father, but not of his mother (20:12). She was about 10 years younger than her husband (17:17) and therefore she was about 65 years old when her husband left for Haran (who was 75 years old; 12:4). Shortly after they arrived in Palestine, a famine struck, forcing them to go to Egypt to keep her large family alive. Fearful that Sarah’s beauty, despite her age, would attract the attention of the Egyptians, Abraham introduced her as her sister. Since she seemed single, she was taken to Pharaoh’s harem. But the king returned her when he found out her true state, rebuked the patriarch for her deception and asked him to leave the country (vs 10-20). He did not learn the lesson from her and again presented her as her sister, this time in the country of Abimelech de Gerar (20: 1-18). When she was already about 75 years old (cf 16:16; 17:17) and she had given up hope of becoming a mother, she asked her husband to have a son with Hagar, her Egyptian servant. In making this proposal, Sarah was following the custom of her native Mesopotamia (see CBA 1:329, 330). As a result, Ishmael was born (Gen 16:1-16). Later, when she was about 89 years old, Sarah received a definite promise that within a year she would give birth to a son. On that occasion her name, which until then had been Sarai, was changed to Sara. The promise was fulfilled with the birth of Isaac (17:1,15-22; 18:9-15; 21:1-5). During Isaac’s weaning feast, Sarah saw Ishmael “mocking” him (21:9; Gal. 4:29), and demanded that Hagar and her son be expelled from the family. Under God’s direction, Abraham grudgingly obeyed (Gen 21:9-14). Nothing more is said of Sarah, except that she died at the age of 127 in Kiriath-arba (ie, Hebron; 23:1, 2). She was buried in the cave of Machpelah, which Abraham bought after the death of his wife for a family burial (vs 19, 20). Isaiah refers to her as the mother of the Israelite nation (Is. 51:2), and Paul as the mother of the son of promise (Rom 4:19; 9:9). Peter presents her as the example of a good wife (1Pe 3:6), and in Heb 11:11 she is praised for her faith.
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
hebrew princess. Woman’s name. Wife of the patriarch Abraham, Gn 11, 29; and also her stepsister on the father’s side, according to Gn 20, 12. The original name was Saray, which comes from the same root as S., a name to which the sacred text gives the connotation of mother of kings and peoples, Gn 17, 16; as we also read in Is 51, 2. S. was barren, Gn 11, 30; 16, 1; however, Abraham being ninety-nine years old and S. ninety, Yahweh told the patriarch that his wife would conceive and give birth to a son, whom he should name Isaac, who would make him the father of multitudes and give him in Possession to his offspring the land of Canaan, Gn 17, 1-19. At her time, as Yahweh had announced, S. conceived Isaac, Gn 21, 1-7. S. lived one hundred and twenty-seven years, died in Quiryat Arbá, or Hebron, in the land of Canaan, and Abraham, after the duel, buried her in the cave of Makpelá, which he had bought near Hebron from the descendants of Heth, Gn 23. This cave became the burial place of the patriarchs.
In the epistle to the Hebrews S. is placed as a model of faith, Hb 11, 11; and by the apostle Peter, as a wife, 1 Pet 3, 6.
Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003
Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
(noble lady). She wife of Abraham. She was Abraham’s half-sister, the daughter of her father, but not of her mother (Gen 20:12). She was then the daughter and daughter-in-law of Terah, father of Abraham. When she went to Egypt with her husband, he asked her to say that she was her sister, lest they kill him to take her from her. She s.† œwas taken to the house of Pharaoh †, who filled Abraham with gifts. But a plague came to Pharaoh and his family † œbecause of H. wife of Abram †, for which Pharaoh rebuked the patriarch and sent him away (Gen 12: 10-20). This experience would later be repeated in much the same way when Abraham dwelt in Gerar, among the Philistines, whose king was Abimelech (Gen 20:1-18).
S. was sterile. Following a custom of his land he gave his maidservant † ¢ Hagar as a wife to Abraham. Documents on tablets found in archaeological sites in the city of Nuzi, in Iraq, testify that this was a custom in the country of the Hurrians, where Abraham and S. had lived. A wife who had no children had to procure a slave for her husband so that he would have offspring. Hagar conceived and then despised his mistress. The negative reaction of S., who mistreated Hagar, made her run away from her, but she returned after receiving a divine message in the desert. Then Ishmael was born, when Abraham was eighty-six years old (Gen 16:1-16).
a reiteration of his promise to give offspring to Abraham through S., God changed her name, which was previously Sarai. S. was at that time ninety years old (Gen 17:15-20). Jehovah then appeared to Abraham, who saw “three men standing by him,” whom he met and attended, preparing a meal for them. they asked about S., who was “in the store”. The men announced to him that “according to the time of life” S. would have a son. But she, who † œlistened at the door of the store † laughed among herself thinking that she was very old. Jehovah asked Abraham why S. had laughed, which she denied “because she was afraid”. God replied: “It is not so, but you have laughed” (Gen 18:1-15). If S.’s laughter meant doubt, it was momentary, for it is written that through faith “she received strength to conceive” (Heb 11:11).
S. became pregnant and gave birth “in the time that God had told her.” Abraham was a hundred years old. S. commented: “God has made me laugh”. She named the boy Isaac after the giggling incident. When she weaned him, a great feast was made. S. saw that Ishmael, the son of Hagar, † œmocked her son Isaac †, for which she asked Abraham to drive out Hagar and his son. This seemed serious to Abraham, but God told him to do it, and he announced a great future for Ishmael (Gen 21: 1-13). S. she died being 127 years old. Abraham bought the cave of Machpelah in Hebron and buried her there (Gen 23:1-20).
Apostle Peter puts S. as an example to Christian women regarding the obedience that is due to the husband (1Pe 3:5-6). †¢Abraham. †¢Hebron. †¢Macpela.
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
type, BIOG
see, NUZU, HEBRÍ“N, MACPELA
vet, = “princess”. She is Abraham’s wife, about ten years younger than him; they had married at Ur of the Chaldeans (Gen. 11:29-31; 17:17). She was Abraham’s half-sister, daughter of the same father, but not of Abraham’s mother (Gen. 20:1). Her first name was Sarai. When she left Haran to go with Abraham to Canaan she was 65 years old (Gen. 12:4). Continuing to Egypt, Abraham feared that he would be killed because of her wife’s beauty and passed her off as his sister (Gen. 12:10-20). Many years later, Abraham would use this device again in the country of Abimelech, king of Gerar (Gen. 20:1-8). Sarai was barren, so she persuaded her husband to take her slave Hagar as her second wife (Ishmael was born of this union, Gen. 16:1-16; see NUZU for an archaeological illustration of this custom). Already 89 years old, Sarai received the promise that she herself would have a son (cf. Heb. 11:11, 12; Rom. 4:17-22), which happened through a true miracle at the announced time. It was then that she was renamed from Sarai to Sara, princess (Gen. 17:15-22; 18:9-15; 21:1-5). During the feast to celebrate Isaac’s weaning, Sarah saw Ishmael taunt Isaac, so she urged Abraham to drive out Hagar and Ishmael (Gen. 21:9-21). Sara died in Quiriath-arba (Hebron), at the age of 127 (see HEBRIN) and was buried in the cave of Machpelah (see MACPELAH).
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Main wife of Abraham (Gen. 17.15), who fathered Isaac. Before her, being barren, she gave occasion to her slave Hagar to give Abraham his first son, Ishmael. When she died, she was buried in the cave of Makpela (Gen. 23.2), which Abraham bought from an inhabitant of the Canaanite land, today located in Hebron. Sarah would go down in biblical history as the model of fertility and the mother of Israel, a participant in God’s promises to the Patriarch.
Sara was also called the wife of Tobias the Younger, who she acquired on her journey to the house of Raguel of Ecbatana, after the angel Raphael freed her from the demon Asmodeus, as stated in the book of Tobias. (Tob. 6. 16 and 21.11) (See Patriarchs 5; See Predestined. Mary 4; and see Woman 3.1)
Pedro Chico González, Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy, Editorial Bruño, Lima, Peru 2006
Source: Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy
“By faith Sarah, being barren, received power to conceive” Hebrews 11:11.
Read: Hebrews 11:1-16. Sarah is the first woman whose faith is shown for us to observe, and this specifically in her role as her married woman. There are two apostles who tell us. First is Paul indicating that she by faith became a mother (Hebrews 11:11); and second, Peter, who begs Christian women to be like Sarah, who “obeyed Abraham calling him lord” (1st Peter 3: 6). We do not know what kind of woman Sarah was as her daughter, in her house, or as a maiden. She is already presented to us as “Abraham’s wife” and remains so in the Bible.
In some aspects, Sara can be compared to Ada and Zila: her beauty, which is highly praised, for example; in the Hagar episode we see that she followed the example set by the women of Lamech. We are told that she was desired twice by other men, first by Pharaoh and then by Abimelech. Add to this her jealousy between her and Hagar, and we have the impression that Ada and Zila’s discomfort and unease fills Sara’s tent as well. Sara is presented to us as she is: as an intriguer at times; sometimes as a heroine. We are presented with the life of a woman as she was in those days, a life of personal denial for women.
There is an important difference in Sara’s situation compared to that of Ada and Zila. Grace intervenes in this pathetic situation. The mystery of faith is realized in her heart. By means of this faith the woman’s position is essentially ennobled, so that she can be presented as a…