Abraham (redirected fromAbraham and Sarah) Thesaurus Encyclopedia A·bra·ham (ā′brə-hăm′) In the Bible, the first patriarch and progenitor of the Hebrew people. He was the father of Ishmael and Isaac. [Hebrew'abrāhām,the (divine) Father is exalted:'āb,father; seeʔbinSemitic ...
Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; Sarah was past childbearing.Amplified BibleNow Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in years; she was past [the age of] childbearing.Christian Standard BibleAbraham and Sarah were old and getting on in years. Sarah had passed the age ...
Ten years after returning to Canaan, Abraham and Sarah were still childless. Sarah suggested that Abraham have a child with her Egyptian handmaid Hagar, to which he agreed. This produced stress between Sarah and Hagar, as Sarah protested to her husband that the handmaid no longer regarded her ...
Contemplates the biblical story of Abraham and Sarah who were promised a child in their old age. How Sarah laughed at God's promise, which seemed impossible; Lessons for us today as we think about impossibilities; Jesus' teachings on the subject;How to respond to the seemingly impossible.Zee...
I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.” / Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?” ......
7 No one thought that I would be able to have Abraham’s child. But I have given Abraham a son while he is old.” Hagar and Ishmael 8 Isaac grew and became old enough to eat food. At that time Abraham gave a great feast. 9 But Sarah saw Ishmael making fun of Isaac. (Ishmael...
Sarah, also spelled Sarai, in the Old Testament, wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. Sarah was childless until she was 90 years old. God promised Abraham that she would be “a mother of nations” (Genesis 17:16) and that she would conceive and bear a son, but Sarah did not believe...
Sarah laughed at the announcement, because she was already ninety, and her husband, Abraham, was one hundred years of age. But it came to pass, and some fourteen years after Ishmael, Isaac was born (21:1-3), and all was joyous until at the time of the feast held for Isaac’s ...
But, visited by troubles, Pharaoh began to suspect the truth; and, censuring Abraham, he bade him take his wife and depart. Sarai being still childless, she induced her husband to take her Egyptian handmaid Hagar for a concubine, that through her she might be "built up," Hagar, feeling...
Abraham's life is now winding down. Sarah has been buried. If you could find one or two words to describe Abraham's life, "blessing" would be one of them. "Faith" would be another. He has wealth, long life, and a child who will be his heir. Now Abraham must look to providing ...