Knowra Sarah Sarah Sarah is Abraham’s wife and Isaac’s mother in the Hebrew Bible and the Quran. Her story centers on migration, promised descendants, and the birth of a child in her old age.
Abraham : Abraham is the patriarch who migrates to Canaan and becomes the ancestor of Israelite and other peoples. Sarah’s husband, with whom she leaves her homeland and receives the promise of descendants.
Book of Genesis : Genesis is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament, narrating creation and the ancestors of Israel. Its chapters 11–23 provide the principal narrative of Sarah’s life.
Jewish tradition : Jewish tradition encompasses the texts, practices, interpretations, and teachings developed within Judaism. Rabbinic interpretation expands Sarah’s role beyond the brief biblical account.
Rebekah : Rebekah is Isaac’s wife and the mother of Jacob and Esau in Genesis. She becomes the next matriarch, with a contrasting story of marriage and motherhood.
Isaac : Isaac is Abraham and Sarah’s son and a patriarch in the Hebrew Bible. His miraculous birth fulfills the promise that Sarah would bear Abraham a son.
Hebrew Bible : The Hebrew Bible is the collection of Jewish scriptures comprising the Torah, Prophets, and Writings. Sarah’s narrative is part of its foundational account of Israel’s ancestors.
Christian tradition : Christian tradition comprises the scriptures, doctrines, practices, and interpretations developed within Christianity. Christian readings use Sarah’s story to discuss promise, faith, and inheritance.
Rachel : Rachel is Jacob’s beloved wife and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin in Genesis. Her struggle with infertility echoes Sarah’s but unfolds in a later generation.
Hagar : Hagar is an Egyptian woman enslaved in Abraham’s household and the mother of Ishmael. Sarah gives Hagar to Abraham as a surrogate, then later expels her and Ishmael.
Quran : The Quran is Islam’s central scripture, understood by Muslims as revelation to Muhammad. It names Abraham’s wife in accounts that echo and reshape the biblical family story.
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