Genesis 17:15-22 And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.… I. SARAH'S HISTORY. II. SARAH'S CHARACTER. 1. There was in her a clear and decided spiritual faith. 2. She had a strong, loving, and imperious affection. 3. There were defects in her faith, and may have been defects in her character. III. THE TYPICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF SARAH'S LIFE AND HER PLACE IN THE UNFOLDING OF THE REDEMPTION OF HUMANITY. The story is written in the Book of Genesis mainly in the masculine gender and in relation to Abraham. But, in reference to the covenanted mercy, there are two great blessings to which special significance is attached, and concerning both Sarah's was a prominent position. The one was the seed, the other the land. (W. H. Davison.) Parallel Verses KJV: And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. |
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