Sarah: Princess, the wife and at the same time the half-sister of Abraham
(Genesis 11:29; 20:12) This name was given to her at the time that it was
announced to Abraham that she should be the mother of the promised
child. Her story is from her marriage identified with that of the
patriarch till the time of her death. Her death, at the age of one
hundred and twenty-seven years (the only instance in Scripture where
the age of a woman is recorded), was the occasion of Abraham's
purchasing the cave of Machpelah as a family burying-place. In the
allegory of
(Galatians 4:22-31) she is the type of the "Jerusalem which is
above." She is also mentioned as Sara in
(Hebrews 11:11) among the Old
Testament worthies, who "all died in faith."
