Chayei Sarah: The Life of Sarah

By Richard Sison | 2015

Introduction

Let us review the turn of events in the life of Abraham:
1. G-D told him to leave his homeland to be a stranger in the land of Canaan. (Gen 12:1)
2. Immediately after his arrival in the Promised Land, there was a famine. (Gen 12:10)
3. The Egyptians took his beloved wife Sarah to be brought to Pharaoh. (Gen 12:15)
4. Abraham faced incredible odds in the battle of the four and five kings. (Gen 14:14)
5. G-D told him to circumcise himself at an advanced age. (Gen 17:24)
6. He was promised a son for an heir and took 25 years to fulfill (Gen 15:5; 17:4; 18:10)
7. The king of Gerar took Sarah, intending to take her for himself. (Gen 20:2)
8. G-D told him to send Hagar away after having a child with her. (Gen 21:12)
9. G-D told him to sacrifice his dear son Isaac upon an altar. (Gen 22:2)
10. The death of his beloved wife and he had to beg for the burial place (Gen 23:1-20).

This is how long Avraham lived: 175 years. Then Avraham breathed his last, dying at a ripe old age, an old man full of years; and he was gathered to his people.

​Genesis 25:7-8