Reading Notes: Bible Women - Sarah




I chose to read the Bible Women from the Biblical Unit. Specially, I chose to read about Sarah, who is the wife of Abraham and the mother of Isaac. Both Abraham and Isaac are major individuals throughout the Bible. Something interesting I found on the Wikipedia site was that the Hebrew name “Sarah” can be translated as “noblewoman.”
This story is an excerpt from the King James Bible, which is written in more formal, old English style. This particular excerpt was not too hard to follow and understand. Some things that stand out to me are the fact that Abraham treats his guest so well. He ask Sarah to prepare a huge meal and gives them a calf, milk, and butter. Additionally, the fact that Sarah is able to conceive at such an old age. The passage never states her actual age. It did mention that Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born. Also, the fact that Sarah laughed when the Lord said she would bear a child then denied it to her husband. The Lord basically called her out on her lie. Abraham threw a huge feast the day Isaac was weaned celebrating his miraculous birth.
Although this technically is a Bible story, it was more of a background about Sarah. I am looking forward to seeing how the story progresses with addition of Hagar.


Abraham and Sarah at Mamre
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