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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(
Heb. 11:11
11
Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. (Hebrews 11:11)
;
1 Peter 3:6
6
Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement. (1 Peter 3:6)
). [
SARAH
.]
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Wife of
Abraham
and
mother
of
Isaac
. Abraham said she was the
daughter
of his
father
but not of his mother, therefore he called her “sister;” but
God
preserved her in His
mercy
to Abraham, who had, through fear, denied his true relationship to her in the
land of
Egypt
and before
Abimelech
. Sarah, being barren, gave to Abraham her Egyptian
handmaid
Hagar
, who, when she had conceived, despised her mistress. Sarah then dealt harshly with her and she ran away; but the angel of the
Lord
sent her back, and
Ishmael
was born.
When God promised Abraham that a
son
should be born to him of Sarah, He altered her name from Sarai to Sarah, which signifies “
princess
.” The meaning of Sarai is uncertain. Jerome gave “my princess;” others “princely;” others “contentious;” Fürst says, “
Jah
is ruler.” (See
NAMES
.) When Sarah heard that she was to have a son, she laughed within herself, for she was old, but it was known by the Lord, and then, being afraid, she denied that she had laughed.
In fulfillment of God’s promise, Isaac was at length born. When he was weaned, Ishmael was seen mocking, which roused Sarah to demand the expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael. Though it was grievous to Abraham, God bade him do what Sarah desired. This is taken up in Galatians 4 as a
figure
of Christians being
children
of the free
woman
, that is, of
Jerusalem
which is above, which, says the
apostle
, is our mother. Ishmael represents the
man
born after the
flesh
, who persecutes him born after the
Spirit
.
Sarah lived to the
age
of 127, and died in
Kirjath-
arba
, and was buried in the cave of
Machpelah
, which was purchased as a burying place. Her history is given in Genesis 11-23. Sarah is held up in the
New
Testament
as an example of
faith
(
Heb. 11:11
11
Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. (Hebrews 11:11)
); and also as a wife who was in subjection to her
husband
(
1 Pet. 3:6
6
Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement. (1 Peter 3:6)
).
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
a princess : the prince breathed (Num. 26:46)
Related Books and Articles:
Women of Scripture: Sarah
From:
Christian Truth: Volume 35
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From:
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From:
Eve, Sarah and Rebekah: September 2019
Sarah
From:
Woman - Her Place in Scripture
By:
Algernon James Pollock
Call: 1-630-543-1441
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