Abraham's sister Sarah was known in her community as gentle, intelligent, and kind. She married in 1826 to Aaron Grigsby and became pregnant. But during her delivery, she died unexpectedly at age 21.

The Torah comments that Abraham and Sarah were advanced in years ... to the ridicule she might face for being an elderly pregnant woman. The Torah places an important value on being elderly.

Chapter 21 That Sarah is a nasty piece of work. In an earlier chapter, she pimped the slave-girl Hagar to Abraham, then grew furious and exiled Hagar when she got pregnant. Now, having borne her ...

Sarah, then called Sarai, and Abraham, called Abram ... In return, Sarai treats the pregnant Hagar harshly, and she flees into the desert. An angel orders her back, telling her that her "wild ...

since Abraham was very old, and his wife Sarah (90) had never been able to have children. But God did cause Sarah to become pregnant with Isaac. By doing this God showed that he was in control of ...

In today’s first reading, Abraham (or Abram ... We don’t know the extent of Abram’s doubts, or how Sarah would have questioned her husband’s judgment, or what the other people who went ...