Women of the Bible Sarah Part 1

In this study we will take a look at the women within the Bible. We will look at each one of them and see how their story influences our lives today.

As we continue with our study, we now look at Sarah, wife of Abraham.

The story of Sarah contains 7 episodes in which we shall Unravel: 

1  Sarah and the Pharaoh of Egypt, Genesis 11:29-12:1-20

2  Sarah, Hagar and Ishmael, Genesis 16

3  The Promise, Genesis 17

4  The Three Visitors, Genesis 18

5  Yahweh Warns Abimelek Off Sarah, Genesis 20

6  The Birth of Isaac, Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away, Genesis 21

7  The End of Sarah's Story, Genesis 22, 23:1-2 

Paul writes in Hebrews 11 verse 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.”

Sarah is the first woman mentioned in among those who "obtained a good report through faith," and in this picture gallery of His faithful witnesses, Yahweh mentions nothing else about Sarah but her faith. All the great imperfections of her life had been forgiven and blotted out, and nothing was remembered against her. But that faith which she exercised in becoming the mother of the child of promise was counted worthy of record side by side with the faith of an Enoch, an Abraham, a Moses, etc.

We have seen in the history of Eve that the occupation of woman, as she came from the hand of her Creator was to be a helpmeet to her husband, and in this occupation Sarah very frequently failed; yet the germ of faith, which in time brings forth faithfulness, was apparent in her from the first. She accompanied her husband when Yahweh called him out of Ur of the Chaldees, leaving behind her country, her father's house, and all the familiar friends. She was one with her husband in his trusting the Yahweh, who gave him, for all he had lost, only promises of temporal blessing, with, however, a glorious share of spiritual blessing, a reality of communion with Yahweh INFINITELY MORE BLESSED than all the benefits he had left in his old home.

Sarah was a Hebrew maiden of remarkable beauty. 

Among the wealthy nomads of the fruitful valleys who sought her hand in marriage, was Abram, a kinsman. A worshipper of the infinite One, he loved her for her elevated faithfulness, no less than for her personal beauty. (Gen. 11:29.) And doubtless they often walked forth together beneath the nightly sky, whose transparent air in that latitude made the stars impressively-

Married to Abraham (father of multitudes), she failed to bear a son and so she offered her maid Hagar (flight) to him in a last-ditch attempt to give her husband an heir. Hagar duly had a son, but Sarah was not happy; the two women were murderously jealous of each other. But then Sarah became pregnant and bore Isaac, who was her pride and joy.

As we begin with Sarah in episode 1, we read of a famine in the land Gen 12:10. So what does Abram do? Instead of asking Yahweh for advice, he decides to take his wife down to Egypt (bondage) seeking food

So Abraham decides on a strategy. He will pass her off as his sister, not his wife. This way, men will be more likely to treat the group well. If they see Abraham as her husband, they may try to kill him to get Sarah. 

Sarah agrees. Is she coerced into living this lie? Or is she the originator of the plan? She agreed with her husband to lie about her real relationship with him. Pharaoh took her in as one of his concubines. Yahweh supernaturally protected her Genesis 12. This was as a result of Yahweh’s promise to Abraham and Sarah (Genesis 12:2-3).

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