Such a cross as barrenness inflamed and intensified her pride, and forced her to find a way out of this embarrassment to her husband. Through her I can continue your hereditary line. It was only through Sarah that the promised seed could come.
Although it might have been a custom of the time for a man with a barren wife to take a concubine in order that he might have an heir, Abraham, as a God-fearing man, should have stoutly refused to go along with the unworthy scheme, which in the end produced jealousy and tragedy. As one modern writer expresses it—. Little did Sarai think when she persuaded Abram to take Hagar, that she was originating a rivalry which has run in the keenest animosity through the ages, and which oceans of blood have not quenched.
In His forgiving love and mercy God appeared to Abram when he was 99 years old, and assured him that his long barren wife, although now 90 years old, would conceive. Laughter is sometimes mad Ecclesiastes but that of Abraham was highly rational. He rejoiced in the thought that Isaac should be born, and perhaps at that time he had a vision of the Messiah.
She had laughter before, but God was not the author of her laugh of doubt. Paul reminds us that it was by faith that Sarah conceived beyond nature Hebrews It was not only in itself a miracle wrought by faith, but also in earnest of something far greater, even the Incarnation of Jesus Christ.
Sarah is the only woman whose specific age is stated in Scripture. Sarah called herself old when she was 87 Genesis , but she was years of age when she died. Abraham had reached the patriarchal age of when God called him home. Godliness has always been favorable to longevity. The day came, then, for Sarah to leave the world in which she had sojourned so long, and hers is the first grave to be mentioned in Scripture.
Although Abraham and Sarah were nomads living in their tent in a desert land, the aged patriarch wanted a more permanent resting place for his beloved wife than the shifting sand of the desert. Here vultures and beasts of prey would wait to gorge themselves off the dead, leaving behind nothing but white bones. When Sarah saw her husband and son leaving the tent, taking with them wood and a large knife she became terrified with shock and died.
When Abraham and Isaac returned—Isaac brought back from the dead as it were—it was only to mourn and weep for Sarah. When Paul came to emphasize that law and grace cannot exist together Galatians , and uses the two sons of Abraham to illustrate the contrast, he mentions Hagar by name, but not Sarah. The reason she received strength to bear Isaac when she was so old was because she came to believe in the faithfulness of God.
Then she compounded the problem by treating Hagar poorly, reacting to Hagar with defensive anger rather than appreciation or compassion. Should she have treated Hagar harshly? Her reaction is understandable, but not acceptable. When people treat us poorly, it only makes the situation worse when we react with anger, resentment, or hatred.
People don't make good choices when they give into emotions, such as impatience, fear, desire for recognition, willfulness, control, anger, frustration. Sarai's behavior is no exception. And Abram's apparent silence on this issue isn't exemplary either. Sarai didn't know that God was planning great things for her later on in her life.
Sarai didn't trust God to work things out in a heavenly way -- on a divine, not a human, timetable. Almost fifteen years later, Sarai, with the new name of Sarah, bears Abram a son, Isaac. One more note: Sarai Sarah was a remarkable woman who made a couple of major mistakes. We have the opportunity to learn from her mistakes and not make the same ones.
We also can find comfort knowing that God will help us recover from our mistakes. Levi Kohath Amram Moses. Some information in this article or section has not been verified and may not be reliable.
Please check for any inaccuracies , and modify and cite sources as needed. Cancel Save. Universal Conquest Wiki. Offspring of Abram or Abraham and Sarai, daughter of Terah. Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel. The name 'Iscah' is mentioned only once in Scripture. It does not name Sarahs father, even though it relates that Milcah was the daughter of Haran, Terahs other son, and then names Harans other daughter, Iscah.
Find out more facts about their life in the post below: Facts about Abraham and Sarah 1: the original name of Sarah. Genesis "Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father though not of my mother; and she became my wife.
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