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Abraham and Sarah
How Abraham and Sarah are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Abraham and Sarah were married.
Sarai was Abram's wife and was long barren. When God promised them a son, first Abraham and then Sarah laughed, and she bore Abraham a son in his old age.
the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai
Genesis 11:29, King James Version
But Sarai was barren; she had no child
Genesis 11:30, King James Version
Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed
Genesis 17:17, King James Version
For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age
Genesis 21:2, King James Version
Where they cross: Genesis 18:9-12
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Genesis 11:29
29And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
Genesis 11:30
30But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
Genesis 17:17
17Then 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?
Genesis 18:9-12
9And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
10And 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.
11Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
12Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
Genesis 21:2
2For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
King James Version