Sarah

Hebrew origin

Sarah 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
Occupation
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-