# Sarah, Sarai #

## Facts: ##

 * Sarah was Abraham's wife.
 * Her name was originally "Sarai," but God changed it to "Sarah."
 * Sarah gave birth to Isaac, the son God had promised to give her and Abraham.
 
(Translation suggestions: [How to Translate Names](rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names))
   
(See also: [Abraham](../other/abraham.md), [Isaac](../other/isaac.md))

## Bible References: ##

* [Genesis 11:29-30](rc://en/tn/help/gen/11/29)
* [Genesis 11:31-32](rc://en/tn/help/gen/11/31)
* [Genesis 17:15-16](rc://en/tn/help/gen/17/15)
* [Genesis 25:9-11](rc://en/tn/help/gen/25/09)

## Examples from the Bible stories: ##

  __*[05:01](rc://en/tn/help/obs/05/01)__ "So Abram's wife, __Sarai__, said to him, "Since God has not allowed me to have children and now I am too old to have children, here is my servant, Hagar. Marry her also so she can have a child for me."
  __*[05:04](rc://en/tn/help/obs/05/04)__ "'Your wife, __Sarai__, will have a son--he will be the son of promise.'"
  __*[05:04](rc://en/tn/help/obs/05/04)__ "God also changed __Sarai's__ name to __Sarah__, which means "princess."
  __*[05:05](rc://en/tn/help/obs/05/05)__ "About a year later, when Abraham was 100 years old and __Sarah__ was 90, __Sarah__ gave birth to Abraham's son. They named him Isaac as God had told them to do."

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