Attempt character sketch of sarah
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Meaning of Name: Sarai meant “my princess”. Sarah meant “princess”. She was to be not only Abraham’s princess, but the princess of a large race of people.
Her Ancestry and Family Life: Abraham’s half-sister, daughter of his father, Terah, but not his mother.
When and Where She Lived: Apparently she first lived in Ur of the Chaldees and later went with her husband, Abraham, to Canaan.
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Special traits: She was barren. Gen. 11:30
Beautiful in appearance Gen. 12:11
Recipient of the promises of God 17:19
Protected by God 20:18
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God called Abram to leave country and family to go to a strange place. There was no question that Sarai would follow her husband. If God calls a husband, naturally He is calling the wife, also.
In chapter 12, Abram gives Lot the choice of land. Lot chose the best land but ultimately Abram prospered because of his generosity while Lot suffered for his selfishness. Sometimes our husbands make decisions that don’t make sense to us and that we don’t like. But we need to trust God to lead through our husbands and follow with good attitudes. Sometimes the end result will be prosperity, sometimes it will be poverty, but in either event, God will use those decisions to train us in godliness.
In Gen. 12:17 we see that Abram tries to protect his own skin by the lie (a half truth is a lie) that Sarai was his sister. He didn’t really consider Sarai in this but made a totally selfish decision. But this verse tells us that “because of Sarai” God sent plagues on Pharaoh. God protects us even when our husbands make sinful, incorrect decisions.
In Gen. 16:1, Sarah followed the custom of her culture and suggested that Abram enter into an immoral relationship with her maid. Following sinful cultural ideas does NOT produce good fruit. By him following her suggestion, there was disharmony and jealousy in the home AND the race that gave us the Muslim religion was begun.
Another life lesson from that verse is that God had promised a child! GOD had PROMISED! She was impatient and unbelieving of God’s promises so she took matters into her own hands to try to make things happen. The result was a mess!
Gen. 16:5 Sarah blame-shifted Abraham’s interaction with Hagar. Yes, he could have said no and not had sexual relations with Abraham, but he was just following her suggestion! Before we make suggestions to our husbands, we need to think through clearly, realizing the influence we have on them, count the cost ahead of time, and then make only suggestions that will encourage our husbands to glorify God with their lives.
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