Encyclopedia entry
Sarai
My princess, the name originally borne by Sarah (Gen. 11:31; 17:15).
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(my princess) the original name of Sarah wife of Abraham.
In the Bible
14
Verses where Sarai is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Genesis 11:29
And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
- Genesis 11:30
But Sarai was barren; she had no children.
- Genesis 11:31
And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
- Genesis 12:5
And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
- Genesis 12:11
As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,
- Genesis 12:15
When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.
+8 more verses naming Sarai.
Scripture on Sarai
4
More illustrations of Sarai
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Tissot The Egyptians Admire Sarai's Beauty
James Tissot
Dispute de Saraï et d'Agar (Genesis 16 6) • invenit James Tissot • pinxit James Tissot • excudit Maurice de Brunoff apud Philip de Vere • praesentat Phillip Medhurst.
James Tissot
L'ambassade des Égyptiens à Saraï (Genesis 12 15) • invenit James Tissot • pinxit James Tissot • excudit Maurice de Brunoff apud Philip de Vere • praesentat Phillip Medhurst.
James Tissot
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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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