Sarah
Hebrew originSarah is the new name given to Sarai; after giving birth to Isaac, she dies at Hebron and is buried in the cave of Machpelah, recalled again in Jacob's Genesis 49 burial instructions.
- Meaning
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- Occupation
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- First mention
- Genesis 17:15
Scripture references
- Genesis 17:15
As regards your wife Sarai, you must not call her Sarai, but Sarah.
- Genesis 17:16
I shall bless her and moreover give you a son by her.
- Genesis 17:19
your wife Sarah will bear you a son whom you must name Isaac.
- Genesis 18:10
I shall come back to you next year, and then your wife Sarah will have a son.
- Genesis 18:12
So Sarah laughed to herself...
- Genesis 18:15
Sarah said, 'I did not laugh' ... But he replied, 'Oh yes, you did laugh.'
- Genesis 20:2
Abimelech the king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
- Genesis 20:14
Abimelech ... gave him back his wife Sarah.
- Genesis 20:16
you have been completely vindicated.
- Genesis 21:2
Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age...
- Genesis 21:6
God has given me cause to laugh! All who hear about this will laugh with me!
- Genesis 21:10
'Drive away that slave-girl and her son'...
- Genesis 23:1
The length of Sarah's life was a hundred and twenty-seven years.
- Genesis 23:2
She died at Kiriath-Arba -- now Hebron -- in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 23:19
Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field of Machpelah...
- Genesis 25:10
Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried there.
- Genesis 49:31
There Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried. There Isaac and his wife Rebekah were buried; and there I buried Leah-