Sarah facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Sarah
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A depiction of Sarah and Abraham
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Sarai
1803 BCE Ur of the Chaldees
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| Burial place | Cave of the Patriarchs |
| Spouse(s) | Abraham |
| Partner(s) | Unnamed Pharaoh Abimelech |
| Children | Isaac |
| Parent(s) | Terah Unnamed woman |
| Relatives | Nahor (father) Haran (brother) Lot (nephew) Ishmael (step-son) |
Sarah or Sara was the wife and half-sister of Abraham in the Old Testament book of Genesis (Chapters 12-23). They got married in Haran. She was barren for a long period.She had a child with Avraham named Isaac when she was 90. She lived until she was 127, and was buried by Abraham in Hebron in what is now the West Bank. Her name was Sarai but God changed it to Sarah.
Sarah (also spelled Sara) is also a popular Hebrew female name in English. It means 'princess'. If you lived in Spain, the name would mean, "Fairy".
Images for kids
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Abram's Counsel to Sarai (watercolor circa 1896–1902 by James Tissot)
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Sarai Is Taken to Pharaoh's Palace by James Tissot.
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Sarah, as depicted on Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum by Guillaume Rouillé
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Abraham, Sarah and Hagar, imagined here in a Bible illustration from 1897.
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Mausoleum of Sarah, Abraham's wife in the Mosque of Abraham
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Mausoleum of Sarah, 1911.
See also
In Spanish: Sara para niños
