Sarah — Bible person

Princess, the wife and at the same time the half-sister of Abraham (Gen. 11:29; 20:12). This name was given to her at the time that it was announced to Abraham that she should be the mother of the promised child. Her story is from her marriage identified with that of the patriarch till the time of her death. Her death, at the age of one hundred and twenty-seven years (the only instance in Scripture where the age of a woman is recorded), was the occasion of Abraham’s purchasing the cave of Machpelah as a family burying-place.

In the allegory of Gal. 4:22-31 she is the type of the “Jerusalem which is above.” She is also mentioned as Sara in Heb. 11:11 among the Old Testament worthies, who “all died in faith.”

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Selected passages

Show passage in OET: GEN 11:29

OET-RV GEN 11:29

29 Meanwhile Avram married Saray (Sarai) and Nahor married Milkah. (Milkah and her sister Yiskah were the daughters of Nahor’s brother Haran.)

OET-LV GEN 11:29

29 And_ ʼAⱱrām and_Nāḩōr _he/it _took to/for_them wives the _name _of the _wife _of ʼAⱱrām was_Sarai and_name _of the _wife _of Nāḩōr was_Milkāh the _daughter _of Ḩārān the _father _of Milkāh and_father _of Iscah.

Show passage in OET: GEN 17:15-16

OET-RV GEN 17:15

15 God also told Avraham, “As for your wife Saray (Sarai), don’t call her Saray anymore, because from now on her name will be ‘Sarah’

OET-RV GEN 17:16

16 and I will bless her, and I’ll also give you a son from her. Yes, I’ll bless her and she’ll become the mother of nations—kings of peoples will come from her.”

OET-LV GEN 17:15

15 And_ god _he/it _said to ʼAⱱrāhām Sarai wife _of_your not you _will _call DOM his/its_name Sarai if/because is_Sārāh his/its_name.

OET-LV GEN 17:16

16 And_I _will _bless DOM_her/it and_also I _will _give from_her/it to/for_yourself(m) a _son and_I_will _bless _her and_she _will _become (into)_nations kings _of peoples from_her/it they _will _be.

Show passage in OET: GEN 21:1-7

OET-RV GEN 21:1

21 In due course, Yahweh visited Sarah just as he’d said and he did for her exactly what he’d said,

OET-RV GEN 21:2

2 so that Sarah conceived and gave birth to a son for Avraham in his old age at the very time of the year that God had told him.

OET-RV GEN 21:3

3 Avraham named their son Yitshak (Isaac),

OET-RV GEN 21:4

4 and he circumcised him when he was eight days old, just as God had commanded him.

OET-RV GEN 21:5

5 Avraham was one hundred years old when his son Yitshak was born,

OET-RV GEN 21:6

6 and Sarah said, “God has brought laughter to me. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.”

OET-RV GEN 21:7

7 And she continued, “Who would have said to Avraham that Sarah would breastfeed children, yet I have given him a son in his old age.”

OET-LV GEN 21:1

21 And_YHWH he _visited DOM Sārāh just_as he _had _said and_ YHWH _he/it _made to_Sārāh just_as he _had _spoken.

OET-LV GEN 21:2

2 And_she/it _conceived/became _pregnant and_ Sārāh _she/it _gave _birth to_ʼAⱱrāhām a _son of_his _old _of_age(s) to_time which god he _had _spoken DOM_him/it.

OET-LV GEN 21:3

3 And_ ʼAⱱrāhām _he/it _called DOM the _name _of his/its_son who_had _been_born to_him/it whom she _had _borne for_him/it Sārāh Yiʦḩāq/(Isaac).

OET-LV GEN 21:4

4 And_ ʼAⱱrāhām _he _circumcised DOM Yiʦḩāq his/its_son a _son _of eight _of days just_as god he _had _commanded DOM_him/it.

OET-LV GEN 21:5

5 And_ʼAⱱrāhām was_a _son _of one _hundred _of year[s] when_was _born to_him/it DOM Yiʦḩāq his/its_son.

OET-LV GEN 21:6

6 And_ Sārāh _she/it _said laughter he _has _made to_me god every _of (the)_one_who_hears he _will _laugh to_me.

OET-LV GEN 21:7

7 And_she/it _said who has _he _said to_ʼAⱱrāhām Sārāh she _has _nursed children if/because I _have _borne a _son of_his _old _of_age(s).

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Recorded scripture occurrences (48)

References recorded in the source data; this is not an exhaustive list of mentions.

Show passage in OET: GEN 11:29

OET-RV GEN 11:29

29 Meanwhile Avram married Saray (Sarai) and Nahor married Milkah. (Milkah and her sister Yiskah were the daughters of Nahor’s brother Haran.)

OET-LV GEN 11:29

Show passage in OET: GEN 11:30

OET-RV GEN 11:30

30 However, Saray wasn’t able to get pregnant so they didn’t have any children.

OET-LV GEN 11:30

30 And_it _became Sarai barren there_belonged_not to/for_her/it a _child.

Show passage in OET: GEN 11:31

OET-RV GEN 11:31

31 Then one day, Terah gathered his son Avram and his grandson Lot (who was Haran’s son), and his daughter-in-law Saray (who was Avram’s wife), and they all left from the city of Ur (where the Kasdim lived), to travel to the region of Kena’an (Canaan), but when they arrived at the city of Haran, they decided to live there.

OET-LV GEN 11:31

31 And_ Teraḩ _he/it _took DOM ʼAⱱrām his/its_son and_DOM Lōţ the _son _of Ḩārān the _son _of his/its_son and_DOM Sarai his/its_daughter-in-law the _wife _of ʼAⱱrām his/its_son and_they _went _out with_them from_ʼŪr of_the_ones_from _Kasdiy to_go towards_land of _Kənaˊan/(Canaan) and_they _came to Ḩārān and_they _lived there.

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