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Sarah or Sarai: see Sara Sara or Sarah, in the Bible, wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. With Rebekah, Rachel, and Leah, she was one of the four Hebrew matriarchs. Her name was originally Sarai [Heb.,=princess]. ..... Click the link for more information. . Sarah(flourished early 2nd millennium BC) In the Hebrew scriptures, the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. She was childless until age 90. In Genesis, God promised Abraham that she would be “a mother of nations,” but Sarah refused to believe and had already given her maidservant Hagar to Abraham, with whom he fathered Ishmael. Nevertheless, Sarah did conceive in her old age and give birth to Abraham's son Isaac. Sarah Old Testament the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac (Genesis 17:15--22) sarah [′sa·rə] (navigation) Radio homing device originally designed for personnel rescue and now used in spacecraft recovery operations at sea. Derived from search and rescue and homing. Sarah Abraham’s wife; unable to bear children. [O.T.: Genesis 11:30] See : Barrenness How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| (served as fast as you throw the five baseballs at the coloured gentleman's head) Sarah took away with her the bill of fare. "Her name was Sarah, so my husband always called puss the Sarah-cat," explained Aunt Jamesina. And here was Sarah waiting for me back in Nebraska--" |
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