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Also known as Sarai, Sara, Sarra, Sarah the Matriarch, Sarah, wife of Abraham

Sarah (originally Sarai) is a biblical matriarch, prophet, and major figure in Abrahamic religions. While different Abrahamic faiths portray her differently, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all depict her character similarly, as that of a pious woman, renowned for her hospitality and beauty, the wife of Abraham, and the mother of Isaac. Sarah has her feast day on 1 September in the Catholic Church, 19 August in the Coptic Orthodox Church, 20 January in the LCMS, and 12 and 20 December in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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Sarah is a biblical matriarch and central figure in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, known as the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac, celebrated across these faiths for her piety, hospitality, and beauty. She is honored with feast days throughout the year in various Christian denominations, reflecting her enduring significance in Abrahamic religious traditions.

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James Jacques Joseph Tissot - Abram's Counsel to Sarai - Google Art Project (cropped).jpg
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''Abram's Counsel to Sarai'' (1896–1902) by James Tissot
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Abraham
Religious biography.name
Sarah
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hbo
Religious biography.birth_place
Ur of the Chaldees
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Isaac
Religious biography.burial_place
Cave of the Patriarchs
Religious biography.death_place
Hebron, Canaan

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23 sections
Contents
  • In the Hebrew Bible
  • Family
  • Narrative
  • Departure from Ur
  • Pharaoh
  • Hagar and Ishmael
  • Isaac
  • Abimelech
  • Death
  • Later Hebrew Bible references
  • New Testament references
  • Historicity
  • Religious views
  • In Judaism
  • In rabbinic literature
  • In Islam
  • Tomb of Sarah
  • Relationship to Abraham
  • In popular culture
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

Sarah (originally Sarai) is a biblical matriarch, prophet, and major figure in Abrahamic religions. While different Abrahamic faiths portray her differently, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all depict her character similarly, as that of a pious woman, renowned for her hospitality and beauty, the wife of Abraham, and the mother of Isaac. Sarah has her feast day on 1 September in the Catholic Church, 19 August in the Coptic Orthodox Church, 20 January in the LCMS, and 12 and 20 December in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

==In the Hebrew Bible== thumb|A depiction of Sarah and Abraham

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