Marriage of Abraham and Sarah
- Dates
- 1915–1809 BC
Genesis 11 says that "Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai." Central to the story of Abraham's family is the statement in v. 30, "But Sarai was barren she had no child."
In detail
Abram's wife, Sarai, was his half sister, a daughter of Terah by another wife than Abram's mother (see ch. 20:12). Marriage with a half sister, and with other close relatives, was afterward forbidden by the Mosaic civil code, though apparently still permitted in Abram's time (see Lev. 18:6, 9, 14).
Bible passages
- Genesis 11:29
And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
Text of the King James Version.