Sarah was the mother of Isaac and the wife of which Hebrew patriarch?
Sarah Sarah Sarah or Sara is a matriarch in the Hebrew Bible, who was the wife of Abraham and the mother of Isaac. She was also Abraham's sister or his half–sister. The Hebrew name "Sarah" can be translated as "noblewoman". In the early and middle 20th century, leading archaeologists such as William F. Albright and biblical scholars such as Albrecht Alt believed that the patriarchs and matriarchs were either real individuals or believable composites of people who lived in the "patriarchal age", the 2nd millennium BCE. But, in the 1970s, new arguments concerning Israel's past and the biblical texts challenged these
Wife–sister narratives in the Book of Genesis as he is worried that the Philistines will otherwise kill him in order to marry Rebekah. After a while, Abimelech sees Isaac "sporting" (Hebrew "mitsahek") with Rebekah and states that she must be Isaac's wife rather than his sister. Abimelech then orders that Rebekah be left alone by the denizens of Gerar, on pain of death. Isaac goes on to spend a year in the area, and becomes wealthy, leading the Philistines in Gerar to envy him, so Abimelech sends Isaac away. The "Jewish Encyclopedia's" article "Sarah" notes that According to the "Jewish Encyclopedia", the recurring story has a unified