Women of the Bible – Sarah
1. Who was Sarai’s husband? Gen. 11:29 _________________
2. What was Sarai’s condition? Gen. 11:30 ___________________________________________________
3. Where was Sarai from? Gen. 11:31 _______________________________________________________
4. Where and with whom did she go? Gen. 11:31 ______________________________________________
5. Where and with whom did she move next? Gen. 12:5 ________________________________________
6. Why did Abram go to Egypt? Gen. 12:10 __________________________________________________
7. How did Abram view his wife? Gen. 12:11 _________________________________________________
8. Of what was Abram afraid? Gen. 12:12 ____________________________________________________
9. What did Abram ask Sarai to do? Gen. 12:13 ________________________________________________
10. What happened to Sarai when they arrived in Egypt? Gen. 12 14-15 _____________________________
11. How was Abram treated by the Egyptians? Gen. 12:16 _______________________________________
12. What did the Lord do to Pharaoh and his house? Gen. 12:17 _________________________________
13. What did Pharaoh do? Gen.12:18-20 ____________________________________________________
(Questions 14-19 - Review from Women of the Bible – Hagar study to remember Sarai’s plan for a child and her treatment of Hagar in Gen. 16.)
14. Who did Sarai blame for not having children? Gen. 16:1-2 ___________________________________
15. What was Sarai’s plan to obtain a child? Gen. 16:2 _________________________________________
16. Did Sarai’s plan work? Gen. 16:3-4 _______________
17. How did Sarai feel about the success of her plan? Gen. 16:5 _________________________________
18. How did Abram respond to Sarai’s complaining? Gen. 16:6 _________________________________
19. How did Sarai deal with Hagar? Gen. 16:6 ______________________________________________
20. What was Sarai’s name changed to? Gen. 17:15 __________________________________________
Sarai means “my princess” - a princess in her own family alone. Sarah means “princess” – over all, many
nations. The change in both Sarah and Abraham’s names was the addition of a “yod” a letter from God’s
name “Yahweh”.
21. God had promised Abraham that He would make him a great nation (Gen. 12:2), that he would have an
heir from his own body and as many descendants as there were stars (Gen. 15:3-6), that He would
multiply him exceedingly (Gen. 17:2), the he would be the father of many nations (Gen. 17:4-6.)
What is the new twist to the promise in Gen. 17:16? ________________________________________
22. What was Abraham’s response to God’s promise? Gen. 17:17 ________________________________
23. How old was Sarah? Gen. 17:17 _______________________________________________________
24. What would Sarah’s son be named? Gen. 17:19 ___________________________________________
25. With whose son would God’s covenant be established? Gen. 17:21 ____________________________
26. When would this son be born? Gen. 17:21 _______________________________________________
27. What did Abraham ask of Sarah when visitors arrived? Gen 18:1-6 ____________________________
28. After Abraham served the visitors a meal what did they ask? Gen. 18:7-9 _______________________
29. What would Sarah have according to the time of life? Gen. 18:10 _____________________________
30. Where was Sarah during this discussion ? Gen. 18:10 ______________________________________
31. What was Sarah passed? Gen. 18:11 ___________________________________________________
32. What was Sarah’s response? Gen. 18:12 ________________________________________________
33. Is anything too hard for God? Gen. 18:14 ______________
34. What did the Lord say would happen? Gen. 18:14 ________________________________________
35. How did Sarah respond to what the Lord accused her of? Gen. 18:15 _________________________
36. Why did she lie? Gen. 18:15 _________________________________________________________
37. What did the Lord say? Gen. 18:15 ___________________________________________________
38. Where did Abraham journey? Gen. 20:1 _______________________________________________
39. What did Abraham again say of Sarah, this time to Abimelech? Gen. 20:2 _____________________
40. What did Abimelech do to Sarah? Gen. 20:2 ___________________________________________
41. Who came to Abimelech in a dream by night? Gen. 20:3 _________________________________
42. What did God tell Abimelech told? Gen. 20:3 ____________________________________________
43. What was Abimelech’s reply to God? Gen. 20:4-5 _________________________________________
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44. How did God respond to Abimelech? Gen. 20:6 ___________________________________________
45. What did God tell Abimelech to do? Gen. 20:7 ____________________________________________
46. What did Abimelech say Abraham had done? Gen. 20:8-9 ____________________________________
47. What was Abraham’s explanation? Gen. 20:10-13 ___________________________________________
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48. What did Abimelech do with Sarah? Gen. 20:14 ____________________________________________
49. What did Abimelech tell Sarah? Gen. 20:16 _______________________________________________
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50. What did Abraham pray for Abimelech? Gen. 20:17 ________________________________________
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51. Why had God closed the wombs of the house of Abimelech? Gen. 20:18 ________________________
52. What did the Lord do for Sarah? Gen. 21;1 _______________________________________________
53. Did God’s promise come true? Gen. 21:2 ________________________________________________
54. What was the name of Sarah’s son? Gen. 21:3 _____________________________________________
54. What did Abraham do to Isaac? Gen. 21:4 ________________________________________________
56. How old was Abraham when Isaac was born? Gen. 21:5 _____________________________________
57. What did God make Sarah do and all who heard do? Gen. 21:6 _______________________________
58. What did Sarah say? Gen. 21:7 ________________________________________________________
59. What bothered Sarah at the weaning feast? Gen. 21:8-9 _____________________________________
60. What did she want done with Hagar and Ishmael? Gen. 21:10 ________________________________
61. How did Abraham fell about that? Gen. 21:11 ____________________________________________
62. What did God tell Abraham to do? Gen. 21:12-13 _________________________________________
65. What did Abraham do? Gen. 21:14 ____________________________________________________
66. How long did Sarah live? Gen. 23:1 ____________________________________________________
67. Where did Sarah die? Gen. 23:2 _______________________________________________________
68. What was Abraham’s response to her death? Gen. 23:2 _____________________________________
69. Where was Sarah buried? Gen. 23:19 ___________________________________________________
70. Where was Abraham buried? Gen. 25:10 ________________________________________________
71. Who else was buried with Sarah? Gen. 49:31; 50:13 ________________________________________
72. What did Sarah receive by faith? Heb. 11:11 _____________________________________________
73. When did Sarah bear a child? Heb. 11:11 ________________________________________________
74. What was her view of God? Heb. 11:11 _________________________________________________
75. I Pet. 3:1-6 exhorts wives to submit to their husbands and be more concerned with inner beauty than
outward adornment. Sarah is used as an example of a holy woman who trusted in God and submitted
to her husband. How can we be a daughter of Sarah? ______________________________________
76. What are some of Sarah’s strengths?
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77. What are some of Sarah’s weaknesses?
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78. What is something in your life that can make you relate to Sarah?
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