39 Bible Verses About Sarah
Let us approach the sacred narrative of Sarah, unfolded within these verses, not merely as history but as a luminous facet of God's wisdom for our souls. Her life, marked by trial, promise, doubt, and miraculous fulfillment, stands as a powerful testament to faith's wrestling and God's unwavering fidelity. To prayerfully consider her journey through scripture is to gain insight into the divine patience that shapes us and the unexpected ways grace enters our human story. These passages offer a profound encounter with the God who remembers His covenants and the enduring strength found in clinging to His word, even when hope seems long deferred.
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And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
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And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.
And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
For the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.
And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.
And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
And Sarah died in Kirjath–arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.
They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
These scriptural glimpses into the life of Sarah reveal more than a historical figure; they unveil a profound lesson in divine patience and human fidelity. We see the long barren years, the natural impossibility of promise, the moments of doubt, yet ultimately, the miraculous fruition born of faith. Sarah's story, woven through these verses, testifies that God's timing defies human expectation, and His power perfects itself in weakness. Her journey from doubt to becoming the mother of nations underscores the truth that faith is not the absence of struggle, but the unwavering trust that God's word will prevail, against all appearances. Let these passages inspire perseverance, reminding us that the most profound blessings often emerge from the longest waits, nurtured by quiet faith in the unseen hand of Providence.