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Sarah or Sara (;〔 entry "Sarah" 〕 ISO 259-3 ''Śarra''; (ラテン語:Sara); Arabic: ''Sāra'';) was the wife and half–sister of Abraham and the mother of Isaac as described in the Hebrew Bible and the Quran. Her name was originally Sarai. According to Genesis 17:15, God changed her name to Sarah as part of a covenant after Hagar bore Abraham his first son, Ishmael. The Hebrew name ''Sarah'' indicates a woman of high rank and is translated as "princess" or "noblewoman".〔(Commentaries on Genesis 17:15 ), and (Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitions )〕 ==In the Hebrew Bible== Sarah was the wife of Abraham, as well as being his half-sister, the daughter of his father Terah.〔Genesis 20:12 "And yet indeed ''(is )'' my sister; she ''()'' the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife."〕 Sarah was approximately ten years younger than her husband.〔Genesis 17:17 "Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall ''(child )'' be born unto him that is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?" Those calculated ages, based upon an addition of 9 months to their then present ages, was before verse 21 which informed him the birth would be a whole year later. That additional 3 months beyond the initial calculation opens the possibility that Sarah could have become 91 years old before Isaac was born. Genesis 17:21 "But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year."〕 She was considered beautiful to the point that Abraham feared that when they were near more powerful rulers she would be taken away and given to another man. Twice he purposely identified her as being only his sister so that he would be "treated well" for her sake.〔Genesis 12:12-13, 20:2〕 No reason is given why Sarah remained barren (childless) for a long period of time.〔Genesis 11:30〕 She was originally called "Sarai", which is translated "my princess". Later she was called "Sarah", i.e., "princess".〔Matthew Henry's Commentary suggests that Sarai="my princess" would refer to a single family and Sarah="a princess" signified one of many, i.e. many families, in parallel to the change from Abram to Abraham〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sarah」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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