SARAH

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• Genesis 11:29

  Abram and Nahor married wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran who was also the father of Iscah.

• Genesis 11:30

  Sarai was barren. She had no child.

• Genesis 11:31

  Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.

• Genesis 12:5

  Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they went to go into the land of Canaan. They entered into the land of Canaan.

• Genesis 12:10

  There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe in the land.

• Genesis 12:11

  When he had come near to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at.

• Genesis 12:12

  It will happen, when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ They will kill me, but they will save you alive.

• Genesis 12:13

  Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you.”

• Genesis 12:14

  When Abram had come into Egypt, Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

• Genesis 12:15

  The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.

• Genesis 12:16

  He dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

• Genesis 12:17

  Yahweh afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

• Genesis 12:18

  Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this that you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife?

• Genesis 12:19

  Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore, see your wife, take her, and go your way.”

• Genesis 12:20

  Pharaoh commanded men concerning him, and they escorted him away with his wife and all that he had.

• Genesis 16:1

  Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children. She had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

• Genesis 16:2

  Sarai said to Abram, “See now, Yahweh has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my servant. It may be that I will obtain children by her.” Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

• Genesis 16:3

  Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.

• Genesis 16:4

  He went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

• Genesis 16:5

  Sarai said to Abram, “This wrong is your fault. I gave my servant into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. Yahweh judge between me and you.”

• Genesis 16:6

  But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes.” Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.

• Genesis 17:15

  God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah.

• Genesis 17:16

  I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her.”

• Genesis 17:17

  Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?”

• Genesis 17:18

  Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!”

• Genesis 17:19

  God said, “No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.

• Genesis 17:20

  As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

• Genesis 17:21

  But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”

• Genesis 18:9

  They asked him, “Where is Sarah, your wife?” He said, “See, in the tent.”

• Genesis 18:10

  He said, “I will certainly return to you at about this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son.” Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.

• Genesis 18:11

  Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

• Genesis 18:12

  Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”

• Genesis 18:13

  Yahweh said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Will I really bear a child, yet I am old?’

• Genesis 18:14

  Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son.”

• Genesis 18:15

  Then Sarah denied it, saying, “I didn’t laugh,” for she was afraid. He said, “No, but you did laugh.”

• Genesis 20:1

  Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foreigner in Gerar.

• Genesis 20:2

  Abraham said about Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

• Genesis 20:3

  But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken. For she is a man’s wife.”

• Genesis 20:4

  Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, “Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation?

• Genesis 20:5

  Didn’t he tell me, ‘She is my sister?’ She, even she herself, said, ‘He is my brother.’ In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands I have done this.”

• Genesis 20:6

  God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning against me. Therefore I didn’t allow you to touch her.

• Genesis 20:7

  Now therefore, restore the man’s wife. For he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live. If you don’t restore her, know for sure that you will die, you, and all who are yours.”

• Genesis 20:8

  Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. The men were very scared.

• Genesis 20:9

  Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done!”

• Genesis 20:10

  Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you see, that you have done this thing?”

• Genesis 20:11

  Abraham said, “Because I thought, ‘Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife’s sake.’

• Genesis 20:12

  Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

• Genesis 20:13

  When God caused me to wander from my father’s house, I said to her, ‘This is your kindness which you shall show to me. Everywhere that we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”

• Genesis 20:14

  Abimelech took sheep and cattle, male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah, his wife, to him.

• Genesis 21:3

  Abraham called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

• Genesis 21:6

  Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.”

• Genesis 21:7

  She said, “Who would have said to Abraham, that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.”

• Genesis 21:8

  The child grew, and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.

• Genesis 21:9

  Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.

• Genesis 21:10

  Therefore she said to Abraham, “Cast out this servant and her son! For the son of this servant will not be heir with my son, Isaac.”

• Genesis 21:11

  The thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight on account of his son.

• Genesis 21:12

  God said to Abraham, “Don’t let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your servant. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac.

• Genesis 21:13

  I will also make a nation of the son of the servant, because he is your child.”

• Genesis 21:14

  Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder; and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

• Genesis 25:10

  the field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth. Abraham was buried there with Sarah, his wife.

• Hebrews 11:11

  By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.

• 1 Peter 3:5

  For this is how the holy women before, who hoped in God also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:

• 1 Peter 3:6

  as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you now are, if you do well, and are not put in fear by any terror.