Sarah - wikipedia Sarah Biblical character For the given name Sarah, see Sarah ( given name ). For other uses, see Sarah ( disambiguation ). This article relies too much on references to primary sources. Please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources. ( September 2017 ) Sarah A depiction of Sarah and her husband, Abraham on the far left, hosting three angels in white robes Information Spouse ( s ) Abraham Children Isaac Birth name Sarai Birth place Ur Kaśdim Death place Hebron Sarah or Sara is a matriarch in the Hebrew Bible, who is the wife of Abraham and the mother of Isaac. She is described once as Abraham 's sister, and another time as his half -- sister, each in a context where Abraham is dealing with a ruler whom Abraham fears will take her. The Hebrew name Sarah can be translated as `` noblewoman ''. Contents 1 Historicity 2 In the Hebrew Bible 2.1 Departure from Ur 2.2 Pharaoh 's harem 2.3 Hagar and Ishmael 2.4 Isaac 2.5 Abimelech 2.6 Death 2.7 Family tree 3 In rabbinic literature 3.1 Pharaoh 's harem 3.2 Relations with Hagar 3.3 Death 4 New Testament references 5 Islam 6 Tomb of Sarah 7 Sister of Abraham 8 Contemporary works and analysis 9 Notes 10 References 11 External links Historicity In the early and middle 20th century, leading archaeologists such as William F. Albright and biblical scholars such as Albrecht Alt believed that the patriarchs and matriarchs were either real individuals or believable composites of people who lived in the `` patriarchal age '', the 2nd millennium BCE. But, in the 1970s, new arguments concerning Israel 's past and the biblical texts challenged these views ; these arguments can be found in Thomas L. Thompson 's The Historicity of the Patriarchal Narratives ( 1974 ), and John Van Seters ' Abraham in History and Tradition ( 1975 ). Thompson, a literary scholar, based his argument on archaeology and ancient texts. His thesis centered on the lack of compelling evidence that the patriarchs lived in the 2nd millennium BCE, and noted how certain biblical texts reflected first millennium conditions and concerns. Van Seters examined the patriarchal stories and argued that their names, social milieu, and messages strongly suggested that they were Iron Age creations. By the beginning of the 21st century, archaeologists had given up hope of recovering any context that would make the patriarchs and matriarchs credible historical figures. In the Hebrew Bible Abram 's Counsel to Sarai ( watercolor circa 1896 -- 1902 by James Tissot ) In the Biblical narrative, Sarah is the wife of Abraham. In two places in the narrative he says Sarah is his sister ( Genesis 12 : 10 through 13 : 1, in the encounter with Pharaoh, and Genesis 20, in the encounter with Abimelech ). In the second, he says that Sarah is the daughter of his father, but not his mother. She was originally called `` Sarai '', a dialectal variant of `` Sarah ''. In the narrative of the covenant of circumcision in Genesis 17, during which Yahweh promises Abram that he and Sarai will have a son, Abram is renamed as Abraham and Sarai is renamed as Sarah. There are folk etymologies that explain their old and new names. Departure from ur Terah, with Abram ( as he was then called ), Sarai and Lot, departed for Canaan, but stopped in a place named Haran, where Terah remained until he died at the age of 205. The LORD had told Abram to leave his country and his father 's house for a land that he would show him, promising to make of him a great nation, bless him, make his name great, bless those who blessed him, and curse `` him '' that curses him. Following God 's command, Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and the wealth and persons that they had acquired, and traveled to Shechem in Canaan. Abram was 75 at this time. Pharaoh 's harem Sarai Is Taken to Pharaoh 's Palace by James Tissot. There was a severe famine in the land of Canaan, so that Abram and Lot and their households, travelled south to Egypt. On the journey to Egypt, Abram instructed Sarai to identify herself only as his sister, fearing that the Egyptians would kill him in order to take his wife, saying, `` I know what a beautiful woman you are. When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ' this is his wife. ' Then they will kill me but will let you live. Say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you. '' When brought before Pharaoh, Sarai said that Abram was her brother, and the king thereupon took her into his palace and bestowed upon the latter many presents and marks of distinction. It is possible that Sarai acquired her Egyptian handmaid Hagar during this stay. However, God afflicted Pharaoh 's household with great plagues. Pharaoh then realized that Sarai was Abram 's wife and demanded that they leave Egypt immediately. Hagar and Ishmael Banishment of Hagar, Etching. À Paris chez Fr. Fanet, Éditeur, Rue des Saints Pères n ° 10. 18th century. Sarah is seen at the left, looking on. After having lived in Canaan for ten years and still childless, Sarai suggested that Abram have a child with her Egyptian handmaid Hagar, to which he agreed. This resulted in tension between Sarai and Hagar, and Sarai complained to her husband that the handmaid no longer respected her. At one point, Hagar fled from her mistress but returned after angels met her. She gave birth to Abram 's son Ishmael when Abram was eighty - six years old. Isaac In Genesis 17 when Abram was ninety - nine years old, God declared his new name : `` Abraham '' -- `` a father of many nations '', and gave him the covenant of circumcision. God gave Sarai the new name `` Sarah '', and blessed her. Abraham was given assurance that Sarah would have a son. Not long afterwards, Abraham and Sarah were visited by three men. One of the visitors told Abraham that upon his return next year, Sarah would have a son. While at the tent entrance, Sarah overheard what was said, and she laughed to herself about the prospect of having a child at their ages. The visitor inquired of Abraham why Sarah laughed at the idea of bearing a child, for her age was as nothing to God. Sarah soon became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham, at the very time which had been spoken. The patriarch, then a hundred years old, named the child `` Isaac '' ( Hebrew yitschaq, `` laughter '' ) and circumcised him when he was eight days old. For Sarah, the thought of giving birth and nursing a child, at such an old age, also brought her much laughter, as she declared, `` God had made me to laugh, ( so that ) all that hear will laugh with me. '' Abraham held a great feast on the day when Isaac was to be weaned. It was during this banquet that Sarah happened upon the then teenaged Ishmael mocking and was so disturbed that she requested that both he and Hagar be removed from their company. Abraham was initially distressed by this but relented when told by God to do as his wife had asked. Abimelech Sarah, as depicted on Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum by Guillaume Rouillé After being visited by the three men, Abraham and Sarah settled between Kadesh and Shur in the land of the Philistines. While he was living in Gerar, Abraham again claimed that Sarah was his sister. King Abimelech subsequently had her brought to him. Later, God came to Abimelech in a dream and declared that taking her would result in death because she was a married woman. Abimelech, who had not laid hands on her, inquired if he would also slay a righteous nation, especially since Abraham had claimed that he and Sarah were siblings. In response, God told Abimelech that he did indeed have a blameless heart and that was why he continued to exist. However, if he did not return Sarah to Abraham, God would surely destroy Abimelech and his entire household. Abimelech was informed that Abraham was a prophet who would pray for him. Early next morning, Abimelech informed his servants of his dream and approached Abraham inquiring as to why he had brought such great guilt upon his kingdom. Abraham replied that he thought there was no fear of God in that place, and that they might kill him for his wife. Then Abraham defended what he had said as not being a lie at all : `` 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. '' Abimelech returned Sarah to Abraham, and gave him gifts of sheep, oxen, and servants ; and invited him to settle wherever he pleased in Abimelech 's lands. Further, Abimelech gave Abraham a thousand pieces of silver to serve as Sarah 's vindication before all. Abraham then prayed for Abimelech and his household, since God had stricken the women with infertility because of the taking of Sarah. Death Sarah dies at the age of 127, and Abraham buys a piece of land with a cave near Hebron for a very large fee from Ephron the Hittite on which to bury her, which is the first land owned by the Israelites in Canaan in the biblical narrative. The place became known as the Cave of the Patriarchs. Family tree Terah Sarah Abraham Hagar Haran Nahor Ishmael Milcah Lot Iscah Ishmaelites 7 sons Bethuel 1st daughter 2nd daughter Isaac Rebecca Laban Moabites Ammonites Esau Jacob Rachel Bilhah Edomites Zilpah Leah 1. Reuben 2. Simeon 3. Levi 4. Judah 9. Issachar 10. Zebulun Dinah ( daughter ) 7. Gad 8. Asher 5. Dan 6. Naphtali 11. Joseph 12. Benjamin In rabbinic literature The Talmud identifies Sarai with Iscah, daughter of Abraham 's deceased brother Haran, so that in this Sarah turns out to be the niece of Abraham and the sister of Lot and Milcah. Rashi on Genesis 20 : 12 She is ( indeed ) my sister, my father 's daughter. - And the daughter of ( one 's ) father ( from a different mother ) is permitted to a son of Noah, ( i.e., a non-Jew ), for there is no ( halachic relationship ( with regard to forbidden marriages ) through ) paternity for non-Jews. In order to bear out his words he answered him ( Avimelech ) thus. And if you will say ( by way of objection ), is it not true that she was the daughter of his brother ( Sanhedrin 58b ), ( and not his father ? The answer is that ) the children of children are like ( one 's own ) children ( Yevamos 62b. In his comments to Exodus 18 : 1, Rashi explains that `` young children call their father 's father, ' Father '. '' ) and ( Sarah ) is thus ( considered ) the daughter of Terah, ( Abraham 's father, for she was the daughter of Haran, another son of Terah ). The fifth - century rabbinic midrash Genesis Rabbah dedicates a large amount of attention to Sarah in particular. Not only are a relatively large number of drashot dedicated to the matriarch, but she is repeatedly depicted as a model of personal and religious excellence. This is marked break from the biblical and second Temple literature in which she plays a far more ancillary role. Pharaoh 's harem When brought before Pharaoh, Sarah said that Abram was her brother, and the king thereupon bestowed upon the latter many presents and marks of distinction. As a token of his love for Sarai the king deeded his entire property to her, and gave her the land of Goshen as her hereditary possession : for this reason the Israelites subsequently lived in that land. Sarai prayed to God to deliver her from the king, and He thereupon sent an angel, who struck Pharaoh whenever he attempted to touch her. Pharaoh was so astonished at these blows that he spoke kindly to Sarai, who confessed that she was Abraham 's wife. The king then ceased to annoy her. According to another version, Pharaoh persisted in annoying her after she had told him that she was a married woman ; thereupon the angel struck him so violently that he became ill, and was thereby prevented from continuing to trouble her. According to one tradition it was when Pharaoh saw these miracles wrought in Sarai 's behalf that he gave her his daughter Hagar as slave, saying : `` It is better that my daughter should be a slave in the house of such a woman than mistress in another house. '' Abimelech acted likewise. Sarah is the sister of Abram by another mother and wife of Abram as described in the Hebrew Bible ( the Book of Genesis ). In Genesis 17 : 15, God changes her name to Sarah ( princess ) ( `` a woman of high rank '' ) as part of the covenant with El Shaddai after Hagar bears Abram his first born son Ishmael. The name Sarai uses the semitic root Šarai or law and like El has the sense of power, authority, lord, deity, natural law, law as might be expected for the lady of the house. The Hebrew name Sarah indicates a woman of high rank ( less than that of 1st wife ) and is sometimes translated as `` princess. '' Relations with Hagar Abraham, Sarah and Hagar, imagined here in a Bible illustration from 1897. Sarai treated Hagar well, and induced women who came to visit her to visit Hagar also. Hagar, when pregnant by Abraham, began to act superciliously toward Sarai, provoking the latter to treat her harshly, to impose heavy work upon her, and even to strike her. Some believe Sarai was originally destined to reach the age of 175 years, but forty - eight years of this span of life were taken away from her because she complained of Abraham, blaming him as though he was the cause that Hagar no longer respected her. Sarah was sterile ; but a miracle was granted to her after her name was changed from `` Sarai '' to `` Sarah ''. According to one myth, when her fertility had been restored and she had given birth to Isaac, the people would not believe in the miracle, saying that the patriarch and his wife had adopted a foundling and pretended that it was their own son. Abraham thereupon invited all the notabilities to a banquet on the day when Isaac was to be weaned. Sarah invited the women, also, who brought their infants with them ; and on this occasion she gave milk from her breasts to all the strange children, thus convincing the guests of the miracle. Death Legends connect Sarah 's death with the attempted sacrifice of Isaac, however, there are two versions of the story. According to one, Samael came to her and said : `` Your old husband seized the boy and sacrificed him. The boy wailed and wept ; but he could not escape from his father. '' Sarah began to cry bitterly, and ultimately died of her grief. According to the other legend, Satan came to Sarah disguised as an old man, and told her that Isaac had been sacrificed. Believing it to be true, she cried bitterly, but soon comforted herself with the thought that the sacrifice had been offered at the command of God. She started from Beer - sheba to Hebron, asking everyone she met if he knew in which direction Abraham had gone. Then Satan came again in human shape and told her that it was not true that Isaac had been sacrificed, but that he was living and would soon return with his father. Sarah, on hearing this, died of joy at Hebron. Abraham and Isaac returned to their home at Beer - sheba, and, not finding Sarah there, went to Hebron, where they discovered her dead. According to the Genesis Rabbah, during Sarah 's lifetime her house was always hospitably open, the dough was miraculously increased, a light burned from Friday evening to Saturday evening, and a pillar of cloud rested upon the entrance to her tent. New Testament references The First Epistle of Peter praises Sarah for obeying her husband. She is praised for her faith in the Hebrews `` hall of faith '' passage alongside a number of other Old Testament figures. Other New Testament references to Sarah are in Romans and Galatians. In Galatians 4, she and Hagar are used as an allegory of the old and new covenants : `` For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. His son by the slave woman was born in the ordinary way ; but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a promise. These things may be taken figuratively, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves : This is Hagar. Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother... Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise... Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman. '' Islam Mausoleum of Sarah, Abraham 's wife in the Mosque of Abraham Sarah ( Arabic : سارة Sāra ), the wife of the patriarch and Islamic prophet Abraham and the mother of the prophet Isaac, is an honoured woman in the Islamic faith. She lived with Abraham throughout her life and, although she was barren, God promised her the birth of a prophetic son, Isaac. Abraham, however, prayed constantly to God for a child. Sarah, being barren, subsequently gave him her Egyptian handmaiden, Hājar ( Hagar ), to wed as his second wife. Hagar bore Ismā'īl ( Ishmael ), who too would become a prophet of God like his father. God messengers announced to Abraham that barren Sarah would give birth to Abraham 's second son, Isaac, who would also be a prophet of the Lord. Although the Qur'an does not mention Sarah by name, it mentions the annunciation of the birth of Isaac. The Qur'an mentions that Sarah laughed when the angels gave her the glad tidings of Isaac : There came Our messengers to Abraham with glad tidings. They said, ' Peace ! ' He answered, ' Peace ! ' and hastened to entertain them with a roasted calf. But when he saw their hands went not towards the ( meal ), he felt some mistrust of them, and conceived a fear of them. They said : `` Fear not : We have been sent against the people of Lut. And his wife was standing ( there ), and she laughed : But we gave her glad tidings of Isaac, and after him, of Jacob. She said : `` Alas for me ! shall I bear a child, seeing I am an old woman, and my husband here is an old man ? That would indeed be a wonderful thing ! '' -- Qur'an, Sura 11 ( Hud ), ayat 69 - 72 Tomb of Sarah Mausoleum of Sarah, 1911. Sarah is believed to be buried in the Cave of the Patriarchs ( known by Muslims as the Sanctuary of Abraham ). The compound, located in the ancient city of Hebron, is the second holiest site for Jews ( after the Temple Mount in Jerusalem ), and is also venerated by Christians and Muslims, both of whom have traditions which maintain that the site is the burial place of three biblical couples ; Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, and Jacob and Leah. Sister of Abraham Main article : Wife -- sister narratives in the Book of Genesis There are three stories in Genesis where a patriarch identifies his wife as his sister ; scholars debate the relationship among these, with some saying that the account of the encounter of Abraham and Sarah with Pharaoh in Genesis 12 - 13 is the oldest, while the stories of Abraham and Sarah encounter King Abimelech in Genesis 20, and of Isaac and Rebekah 's encounter with a different King Abimelech in Genesis 26, are interpretations of that one, generated to explain it or deal with other matters of concern. It is not clear which of the stories is actually older, or what the intent of the editors of the Bible may have been. According to Emanuel Feldman ( 1965 ), basing his argument on Albright 's interpretation of the archaeology of Nuzu, a wife could legally be awarded the title `` sister '', and that this was the most sacred form of marriage, and hence Abraham and Isaac referred to their wives as `` sisters '' for this reason. Most archaeologists however dispute that view, instead arguing the opposite - that sisters in the region were often awarded the title `` wife '' in order to give them much greater status in society. Savina Teubal 's book Sarah the Priestess posits that while Sarah was indeed both Abram 's wife and sister, there was no incest taboo because she was a half - sister by a different mother. Contemporary works and analysis Sarah has been featured in several novels, and she is the central character in Sarah by Orson Scott Card in the Women of Genesis series, Sarai : A Novel by Jill Eileen Smith, and Sarah : A Novel by Marek Halter. In the Christian fiction novel Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers, the protagonist, called `` Angel '' throughout the duration of the story, is barren. At the end of the book, she reveals that her birth name is `` Sarah '' to her husband, who takes the revelation as a promise from God that they will one day be able to have children. In the 1994 movie Abraham, Sarah is portrayed by Barbara Hershey. Sarah is also a subject discussed in nonfiction books. In Twelve Extraordinary Women by Pastor John F. MacArthur, her life and story is analyzed along with that of Eve, Rahab, Ruth, Hannah, the Virgin Mary, Anna the Prophetess, the Samaritan woman at the well, Mary of Bethany, Martha, Mary Magdalene, and Lydia of Thyatira. Sarah appears in Slightly Bad Girls of the Bible : Flawed Women Loved by a Flawless God by Liz Curtis Higgs alongside several other biblical women. Notes Jump up ^ ( / ˈsɛərə / SAIR - ə ; Hebrew : שָׂרָה ‬, Modern Sara, Tiberian Śārā ISO 259 - 3 Śara ; Latin : Sara ; Arabic : سارا or سارة Sāra ) References Jump up ^ Wells, John C. ( 1990 ). Longman pronunciation dictionary. Harlow, England : Longman. p. 621. ISBN 0 - 582 - 05383 - 8. entry `` Sarah '' ^ Jump up to : Alexander, T.D. ( 1992 ). `` Are the Wife / Sister Incidents of Genesis Literary Compositional Variants ? ''. Vetus Testamentum. 42 ( 2 ) : 145 -- 153. doi : 10.2307 / 1519495. JSTOR 1519495. Jump up ^ Brown - Driver - Briggs ' Hebrew Definitions Jump up ^ Moore, Megan Bishop ; Kelle, Brad E. ( 2011 ). Biblical History and Israel 's Past. Eerdmans. ISBN 978 - 0 - 8028 - 6260 - 0. Jump up ^ Pardee, Dennis ( 1977 ). `` Review of The Historicity of the Patriarchal Narratives : The Quest for the Historical Abraham ''. Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 36 ( 3 ) : 222 -- 224. JSTOR 545164. Jump up ^ Dever, William G. ( 2002 ). What Did the Biblical Writers Know, and when Did They Know It ? : What Archaeology Can Tell Us about the Reality of Ancient Israel. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ISBN 978 - 0 - 8028 - 2126 - 3. ^ Jump up to : Clifford, Richard J ; Murphy, Roland E. ( 1990 ). `` Chapter 2 : Genesis ''. In Brown, Raymond E. ; Fitzmyer, Joseph A. ; Murphy, Roland E. The New Jerome biblical commentary. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice - Hall. ISBN 0136149340. Jump up ^ Genesis 11 : 27 -- 11 : 32 Jump up ^ Genesis 12 : 1 -- 3 Jump up ^ Genesis 12 : 4 Jump up ^ Genesis 12 : 11 - 13, NIV Jump up ^ Genesis 12 : 14 -- 17 Jump up ^ Genesis 12 : 18 -- 20 Jump up ^ Genesis 16 : 1 -- 6 Jump up ^ Genesis 16 : 7 -- 16 Jump up ^ Genesis 17 : 1 -- 27 Jump up ^ Genesis 21 : 4 Jump up ^ Genesis 21 : 6 -- 7 Jump up ^ Genesis 21 : 9 Jump up ^ Genesis 21 : 10 Jump up ^ Genesis 21 : 12 Jump up ^ Genesis 20 : 1 -- 7 Jump up ^ Genesis 20 : 12 Jump up ^ Genesis 20 : 8 -- 18 Jump up ^ Blenkinsopp, Joseph ( 2009 ). `` Abraham as Paradigm in the Priestly History in Genesis ''. Journal of Biblical Literature. 128 ( 2 ) : 225 -- 241. doi : 10.2307 / 25610180. JSTOR 25610180. Jump up ^ Genesis 20 : 12 : Sarah was the half -- sister of Abraham. Jump up ^ Genesis 22 : 21 - 22 : Uz, Buz, Kemuel, Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, and Jidlaph Jump up ^ Sanhedrin 69B Jump up ^ Genesis 11 : 29 Jump up ^ ( Rashi, The Sapirstein Edition. Vol. 1, pp. 213 - 14. Translated by R. Yisrael Isser Zvi Herczeg et al. Mesorah Publications, Ltd. Brooklyn : 1999. ) Jump up ^ Schwartz, Rami. `` The Blessed Mother Sarah : The Figure of Sarah in Genesis Rabbah in Light of Christian Exegesis and the Rise of the Virgin Mary ''. ^ Jump up to : Sefer haYashar ( Book of Jasher ), section `` Lek Leka ''. Jump up ^ Pirḳe R. El. xxxvi. Jump up ^ Genesis Rabbah xli. 2. Jump up ^ Genesis Rabbah xlv. 2. Jump up ^ Genesis Rabbah xlv. 9. ^ Jump up to : Rosh Hashanah 16b. Jump up ^ Genesis Rabbah xlv. 7. Jump up ^ Genesis Rabbah xlvii. 3. Jump up ^ Bava Metzia 87a ; comp. Gen. R. liii. 13. Jump up ^ Gen. R. lviii. 5. Jump up ^ Pirḳe de Rabbi Eliezer xxxii. Jump up ^ Sefer haYashar, section `` Wayera ''. Jump up ^ Genesis Rabbah lx. 15. Jump up ^ 1 Peter 3 : 6, cited in Herbermann, Charles, ed. ( 1913 ). `` Sara ''. Catholic Encyclopedia. New York : Robert Appleton Company. Jump up ^ Hebrews 11 : 11 Jump up ^ Romans 4 : 19 and 9 : 9, cited in Herbermann, Charles, ed. ( 1913 ). `` Sara ''. Catholic Encyclopedia. New York : Robert Appleton Company. Jump up ^ Galatians 4 : 22 -- 23 Jump up ^ Galatians 4 : 22 - 26, 28, 31, NIV Jump up ^ Lings, Martin ( 1983 ). `` The House of God ''. Muhammad : His Life Based on the Earliest Sources. Islamic Texts Society. ISBN 978 - 0042970509. Jump up ^ Quran 11 : 69 -- 72 Jump up ^ Easton 's Bible Dictionary `` Machpelah '' Jump up ^ Emanuel Feldman. Changing patterns in Biblical criticism. Tradition 1965 ; 7 ( 4 ) and 1966 ; 8 ( 5 ). Jump up ^ Savina Teubal ( 1984 ). Sarah The Priestess : The First Matriarch Of Genesis. ISBN 978 - 0 - 8040 - 0844 - 0. Jump up ^ Twelve Extraordinary Women : How God Shaped Women of the Bible, and What He Wants to Do with You ( 2008 ) ISBN 1 - 4002 - 8028 - 1 Jump up ^ Higgs, Liz, Slightly Bad Girls of the Bible : Flawed Women Loved by a Flawless God. 978 - 1400072125 External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sarah. Rubenstein, Nechama. `` The Three Faces of Sarah '', Chabad.org Prophets in the Hebrew Bible Pre-Patriarchal Abel Kenan Enoch Noah ( in rabbinic literature ) Patriarchs / Matriarchs Abraham Isaac Jacob Levi Joseph Sarah Rebecca Rachel Leah Israelite prophets in the Torah Moses ( in rabbinic literature ) Aaron Miriam Eldad and Medad Phinehas Mentioned in the Former Prophets Joshua Deborah Gideon Eli Elkanah Hannah Abigail Samuel Gad Nathan David Solomon Jeduthun Ahijah Shemaiah Elijah Elisha Iddo Hanani Jehu Micaiah Jahaziel Eliezer Zechariah ben Jehoiada Huldah Major Isaiah ( in rabbinic literature ) Jeremiah Ezekiel Daniel ( in rabbinic literature ) Minor Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah ( in rabbinic literature ) Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi Noahide Beor Balaam Job ( in rabbinic literature ) Other Amoz Beeri Baruch Agur Uriah Buzi Mordecai Esther ( in rabbinic literature ) Oded Azariah Italics indicate persons whose status as prophets is not universally accepted. People and things in the Quran Characters Non-humans Allāh ( `` The God '' ) Names of Allah found in the Quran, such as Karīm ( Generous ) Beings in Paradise Ghilmān or Wildān Ḥūr Animals Related The baqarah ( cow ) of Israelites The dhi'b ( wolf ) that Jacob feared could attack Joseph The fīl ( elephant ) of the Abyssinians ) Ḥimār ( Domesticated donkey ) The hud - hud ( hoopoe ) of Solomon The kalb ( dog ) of the sleepers of the cave The namlah ( female ant ) of Solomon The nūn ( fish or whale ) of Jonah The nāqat ( she - camel ) of Saleh Non-related Dābbat al - Arḍ ( Beast of the Earth ) Ḥimār ( Wild ass ) Qaswarah ( `` Lion '', `` beast of prey '' or `` hunter '' ) Angels Angels of Hell Mālik Zabāniyah Angel of the Trumpet ( Isrāfīl or Raphael ) Jibrīl ( Gabriel ) Mīkāl ( Michael ) ' Izrā'īl Malakul - Mawt ( Azrael, Angel of Death ) Riḍwān Munkar Nakir Harut and Marut Kirāman Kātibīn ( Honourable Scribes ) Raqib Atid Jinn ' Ifrīt Jann Mārid ( `` Rebellious one '' ) Shayāṭīn ( Demons ) Iblīs the ( Chief ) Shayṭān ( Devil ) Qarīn Prophets Mentioned Ādam ( Adam ) Al - Yasa ' ( Elisha ) Ayyūb ( Job ) Dāwūd ( David ) Dhūl - Kifl ( Ezekiel ? ) Hārūn ( Aaron ) Hūd ( Eber ? ) Idrīs ( Enoch ? ) Ilyās ( Elijah ) ' Imrān ( Joachim the father of Maryam ) Isḥāq ( Isaac ) Ismā'īl ( Ishmael ) Dhabih Ullah Isma'il Ṣādiq al - Wa 'd ( Fulfiller of the Promise ) Lūṭ ( Lot ) Ṣāliḥ Shu'ayb ( Jethro, Reuel or Hobab ? ) Sulaymān ibn Dāwūd ( Solomon son of David ) ' Uzair ( Ezra ? ) Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā ( John the Baptist the son of Zechariah ) Ya'qūb ( Jacob ) Isrā'īl ( Israel ) Yūnus ( Jonah ) Dhūn - Nūn ( `` He of the Fish ( or Whale ) '' or `` Owner of the Fish ( or Whale ) '' ) Ṣāḥib al - Ḥūt ( `` Companion of the Whale '' ) Yūsuf ibn Ya'qūb ( Joseph son of Jacob ) Zakariyyā ( Zechariah ) Ulu - l - ' Azm Muḥammad Aḥmad Other names and titles of Muhammad ʿĪsā ( Jesus ) Al - Masīḥ ( The Messiah ) Ibn Maryam ( Son of Mary ) Mūsā Kalīmullāh ( Moses He who spoke to God ) Ibrāhīm Khalīlullāh ( Abraham Friend of God ) Nūḥ ( Noah ) Debatable ones Dhūl - Qarnain ( Cyrus the Great ? ) Luqmān Maryam ( Mary ) Ṭālūt ( Saul or Gideon ? ) Implied Irmiyā ( Jeremiah ) Ṣamū'īl ( Samuel ) Yūsha ' ibn Nūn ( Joshua, companion and successor of Moses ) People of Prophets Evil ones Āzar ( possibly Terah ) Fir'awn ( Pharaoh of Moses ' time ) Hāmān Jālūt ( Goliath ) Qārūn ( Korah, cousin of Moses ) As - Sāmirī Abī Lahab Slayers of Saleh 's she - camel ( Qaddar ibn Salif and Musda ' ibn Dahr ) Good ones Adam 's immediate relatives Martyred son Wife Believer of Ya - Sin Family of Noah Father Lamech Mother Shamkhah bint Anush or Betenos Luqman 's son People of Aaron and Moses Believer of Fir'aun Family ( Hizbil / Hizqil ibn Sabura ) Imra'at Fir'awn ( Āsiyá bint Muzāḥim or Bithiah ) Khidr Magicians of the Pharaoh Moses ' wife Moses ' sister - in - law Mother Sister People of Abraham Mother Abiona or Amtelai the daughter of Karnebo Ishmael 's mother Isaac 's mother People of Jesus Disciples ( including Peter ) Mary 's mother Zechariah 's wife People of Joseph Brothers ( including Binyāmin ( Benjamin ) and Simeon ) Egyptians ' Azīz ( Potiphar, Qatafir or Qittin ) Malik ( King Ar - Rayyān ibn Al - Walīd ) ) Wife of ' Azīz ( Zulaykhah ) Mother People of Solomon Mother Queen of Sheba Vizier Zayd Implied or not specified Abrahah Bal'am / Balaam Barsisa Caleb or Kaleb the companion of Joshua Luqman 's son Nebuchadnezzar II Nimrod Rahmah the wife of Ayyub Shaddad Groups Mentioned Aṣḥāb al - Jannah People of Paradise People of the Burnt Garden Aṣḥāb as - Sabt ( Companions of the Sabbath ) Christian apostles Ḥawāriyyūn ( Disciples of Jesus ) Companions of Noah 's Ark Aṣḥāb al - Kahf war - Raqīm ( Companions of the Cave and Al - Raqaim ? Companions of the Elephant People of al - Ukhdūd People of a township in Surah Ya - Sin People of Yathrib or Medina Qawm Lūṭ ( People of Sodom and Gomorrah ) Nation of Noah Tribes, ethnicities or families A'rāb ( Arabs or Bedouins ) ʿĀd ( people of Hud ) Companions of the Rass Qawm Tubba ' ( People of Tubba ) People of Saba ' or Sheba Quraysh Thamūd ( people of Saleh ) Aṣḥāb al - Ḥijr ( `` Companions of the Stoneland '' ) ' Ajam Ar - Rūm ( literally `` The Romans '' ) Banī Isrā'īl ( Children of Israel ) Mu'tafikāt ( The overthrown cities of Sodom and Gomorrah ) People of Ibrahim People of Ilyas People of Nuh People of Shuaib Ahl Madyan People of Madyan ) Aṣḥāb al - Aykah ( `` Companions of the Wood '' ) Qawm Yūnus ( People of Jonah ) Ya'juj and Ma'juj / Gog and Magog Ahl al - Bayt ( `` People of the Household '' ) Household of Abraham Brothers of Yūsuf Daughters of Abraham 's nephew Lot ( Ritha, Za'ura, et al. ) Progeny of Imran Household of Moses Household of Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Abdul - Muttalib ibn Hashim Daughters of Muhammad Wives of Muhammad Household of Salih People of Fir'aun Current Ummah of Islam ( Ummah of Muhammad ) Aṣḥāb Muḥammad ( Companions of Muhammad ) Anṣār ( Muslims of Medina who helped Muhammad and his Meccan followers, literally ' Helpers ' ) Muhajirun ( Emigrants from Mecca to Medina ) People of Mecca Umm Jamil ( wife of Abu Lahab ) Children of Ayyub Dead son of Sulaiman Qabil / Cain ( son of Adam ) Wali'ah or Wa'ilah / Waala ( wife of Nuh ) Walihah or Wahilah ( wife of Lut ) Ya'jūj wa Ma'jūj ( Gog and Magog ) Yam or Kan'an ( son of Nuh ) Implicitly mentioned Amalek Ahl as - Suffa ( People of the Verandah ) Banu Nadir Banu Qaynuqa Banu Qurayza Iranian people Umayyad Dynasty Aus & Khazraj People of Quba Religious groups Ahl al - dhimmah ( Dhimmi ) Kāfirūn ( Infidels ) Zoroastrians Munāfiq ūn ( Hypocrites ) Muslims People of the Book ( Ahl al - Kitāb ) Naṣārā ( Christian ( s ) or People of the Injil ) Ruhban ( Christian monks ) Qissis ( Christian priest ) Yahūd ( Jews ) Ahbār ( Jewish scholars ) Rabbani / Rabbi Sabians Polytheists Meccan polytheists at the time of Muhammad Mesopotamian polytheists at the time of Abraham and Lot Locations Mentioned Al - Arḍ Al - Muqaddasah ( `` The Holy Land '' ) ' Blessed ' Land In the Arabian Peninsula ( excluding Madyan ) Al - Aḥqāf ( `` The Sandy Plains, '' or `` the Wind - curved Sand - hills '' ) Iram dhāt al - ' Imād ( Iram of the Pillars ) Al - Madīnah ( formerly Yathrib ) ' Arafāt Al - Ḥijr ( Hegra ) Badr Ḥunayn Makkah ( Mecca ) Bakkah Ḥaraman Āminan ( `` Sanctuary ( which is ) Secure '' ) Ka'bah ( Kaaba ) Maqām Ibrāhīm ( Station of Abraham ) Safa and Marwah Saba ' ( Sheba ) ' Arim Saba ' ( Dam of Sheba ) Rass Al - Jannah ( Paradise, literally `` The Garden '' ) Jahannam ( Hell ) In Mesopotamia : Al - Jūdiyy Munzalanm - Mubārakan ( `` Place - of - Landing Blessed '' ) Bābil ( Babylon ) Qaryat Yūnus ( `` Township of Jonah, '' that is Nineveh ) Door of Hittah Madyan ( Midian ) Majma ' al - Baḥrayn Miṣr ( Mainland Egypt ) Salsabīl ( A river in Paradise ) Sinai Region or Tīh Desert Al - Wād Al - Muqaddas Ṭuwan ( The Holy Valley of Tuwa ) Al - Wādil - Ayman ( The valley on the ' righthand ' side of the Valley of Tuwa and Mount Sinai ) Mount Sinai or Mount Tabor Religious locations Bay'a ( Church ) Miḥrāb Monastery Masjid ( Mosque, literally `` Place of Prostration '' ) Al - Mash'ar Al - Ḥarām ( `` The Sacred Grove '' ) Al - Masjid Al - Aqṣā ( Al - Aqsa Mosque, literally `` The Farthest Place - of - Prostration '' ) Al - Masjid Al - Ḥarām ( The Sacred Mosque of Mecca ) Masjid al - Dirar A Mosque in the area of Medina, possibly : Masjid Qubā ' ( Quba Mosque ) The Prophet 's Mosque Salat ( Synagogue ) Implied Antioch Antakya Arabia Ayla Barrier of Dhul - Qarnayn Bayt al - Muqaddas & ' Ariha Bilād ar - Rāfidayn ( Mesopotamia ) Canaan Cave of Seven Sleepers Dār an - Nadwa Al - Ḥijāz ( literally `` The Barrier '' ) Black Stone ( Al - Ḥajar al - Aswad ) & Al - Hijr of Isma'il Cave of Hira & Ghar al - Thawr ( Cave of the Bull ) Ta'if Hudaybiyyah Jordan River Nile River Palestine River Paradise of Shaddad Plant matter Baṣal ( Onion ) Fūm ( Garlic or wheat ) Shaṭ ' ( Shoot ) Sūq ( Plant stem ) Zar ' ( Seed ) Fruits ' Adas ( Lentil ) Baql ( Herb ) Ḥabb dhul - ' aṣf ( Corn of the husk ) Qith - thā ' ( Cucumber ) Rummān ( Pomegranate ) Tīn ( Fig ) Ukul khamṭ ( Bitter fruit or food of Sheba ) Zaytūn ( Olive ) In Paradise Forbidden fruit of Adam Bushes, trees or plants Plants of Sheba Athl ( Tamarisk ) Sidr ( Lote - tree ) Līnah ( Tender Palm tree ) Nakhl ( Date palm ) Rayḥān ( Scented plant ) Sidrat al - Muntahā Zaqqūm Islamic holy books Al - Injīl ( The Gospel of Jesus ) Al - Qur'ān ( The Book of Muhammad ) Ṣuḥuf - i Ibrāhīm ( Scroll ( s ) of Abraham ) At - Tawrāt ( The Torah ) Ṣuḥuf - i - Mūsā ( Scroll ( s ) of Moses ) Tablets of Stone Az - Zabūr ( The Psalms of David ) Umm al - Kitāb ( `` Mother of the Book ( s ) '' ) Objects of people or beings Heavenly Food of Christian Apostles Noah 's Ark Staff of Musa Tābūt as - Sakīnah ( Casket of Shekhinah ) Throne of Bilqis Trumpet of Israfil Mentioned idols ( cult images ) ' Ansāb Idols of Israelites : Baal The ' ijl ( golden calf statue ) of Israelites Idols of Noah 's people : Nasr Suwā ' Wadd Yaghūth Ya'ūq Idols of Quraysh : Al - Lāt Al - ' Uzzá Manāt Jibt and Ṭāghūt Celestial bodies Maṣābīḥ ( literally ' lamps ' ) : Al - Qamar ( The Moon ) Kawākib ( Planets ) Al - Arḍ ( The Earth ) Nujūm ( Stars ) Ash - Shams ( The Sun ) Liquids Mā ' ( Water or fluid ) Nahr ( River ) Yamm ( River or sea ) Sharāb ( Drink ) Events, incidents, occasions or times Incident of Ifk Laylat al - Qadr Mubahalah Sayl al - ' Arim ( Flood of the Great Dam of Marib in Sheba ) The Farewell Pilgrimage Treaty of Hudaybiyyah Battles or military expeditions Battle of al - Aḥzāb ( `` the Confederates '' ) Battle of Badr Battle of Hunayn Battle of Khaybar Battle of Tabouk Battle of Uhud Conquest of Mecca Days Al - Jumu'ah ( The Friday ) As - Sabt ( The Sabbath or Saturday ) Days of battles Days of Hajj Doomsday Months of the Islamic calendar Four holy months Ramaḍān Pilgrimages Al - Ḥajj ( literally `` The Pilgrimmage '', the Greater Pilgrimage ) Al - ' Umrah ( The Lesser Pilgrimage ) Times for Prayer or Remembrance Times for Duʿāʾ ( ' Invocation ' ), Ṣalāh and Dhikr ( ' Remembrance ', including Taḥmīd ( ' Praising ' ), Takbīr and Tasbīḥ ) : Al - ' Ashiyy ( The Afternoon or the Night ) Al - Ghuduww ( `` The Mornings '' ) Al - Bukrah ( `` The Morning '' ) Aṣ - Ṣabāḥ ( `` The Morning '' ) Al - Layl ( `` The Night '' ) Al - ' Ishā ' ( `` The Late - Night '' ) Aẓ - Ẓuhr ( `` The Noon '' ) Dulūk ash - Shams ( `` Decline of the Sun '' ) Al - Masā ' ( `` The Evening '' ) Qabl al - Ghurūb ( `` Before the Setting ( of the Sun ) '' ) Al - Aṣīl ( `` The Afternoon '' ) Al - Aṣr ( `` The Afternoon '' ) Qabl ṭulū ' ash - Shams ( `` Before the rising of the Sun '' ) Al - Fajr ( `` The Dawn '' ) Implied Event of Ghadir Khumm Laylat al - Mabit The first pilgrimage Note : The names are sorted alphabetically. Standard form : Islamic name / Biblical name ( title or relationship ) Important women in Islam Generations of Adam Hawwa Generations of Ibrāhīm and his sons Sarah Hājar Rebecca Rāḥīl Generation of Mūsa Asiya Jochebed Miriam Ṣaffūrah Reign of Kings Bilquis, the Queen of Sheba House of Amram Hannah Mariam Elizabeth Time of Muhammad Aminah Khadija bint Khuwaylid Mothers of the Believers Fatimah Zaynab bint Ali Early Sufism Rabia Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sarah&oldid=853930950 '' Categories : Prophets of the Hebrew Bible Biblical matriarchs Christian female saints from the Old Testament People celebrated in the Lutheran liturgical calendar Abraham Angelic visionaries Book of Genesis people Ancient Jewish women Biblical people in Islam Lech - Lecha Vayeira People in the Catholic Epistles Hidden categories : Articles containing Latin - language text Articles containing Arabic - language text Pages with numeric Bible version references Articles incorporating a citation from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia with Wikisource reference Articles with short description Articles lacking reliable references from September 2017 All articles lacking reliable references Articles using Infobox character with multiple unlabeled fields All articles with specifically marked weasel - worded phrases Articles with specifically marked weasel - worded phrases from November 2015 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Wikisource አማርኛ বাংলা Български བོད ་ ཡིག Català Čeština Cymraeg Deutsch Eesti Ελληνικά Español Esperanto Euskara فارسی Français Frysk 한국어 Hrvatski Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית Kiswahili Ladino Lietuvių Magyar Malagasy Nederlands 日本 語 Нохчийн Norsk Polski Português Română Русский Scots Simple English Српски / srpski Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Svenska Tagalog தமிழ் తెలుగు Тоҷикӣ Türkçe Українська اردو Tiếng Việt ייִדיש Zazaki 中文 43 more Edit links This page was last edited on 7 August 2018, at 21 : 40 ( UTC ). 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Question: in the bible who was sarah married to
Answer: Abraham