People of the Bible

Sarah

also called Sarai

Family

In the story

A dot is a moment; a bar is something that lasted, drawn to its length.

Abraham enters Canaan · 1920 BC
Abraham goes to Egypt · 1920 BC
Sojourn in Canaan and Egypt · 1920 BC
Birth of Isaac · 1895 BC

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

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.”

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 48 verses

Genesis: 11:29, 11:30, 11:31, 12:5, 12:11, 12:17, 16:1, 16:2, 16:3, 16:5, 16:6, 16:8, 17:15, 17:17, 17:19, 17:21, 18:6, 18:9, 18:10, 18:11, 18:12, 18:13, 18:14, 18:15, 20:2, 20:14, 20:16, 20:18, 21:1, 21:2, 21:3, 21:6, 21:7, 21:9, 21:12, 23:1, 23:2, 23:19, 24:36, 24:67, 25:10, 25:12, 49:31
Isaiah: 51:2
Romans: 4:19, 9:9
Hebrews: 11:11
1 Peter: 3:6

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.