# Sarah — The City of God character guide > Sarah in The City of God by Augustine of Hippo. **Role:** minor **First appearance:** 0002-part-i-book-i ## Who they are Wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac, a figure of faith and the promise of offspring. ## Relationships ### [Abraham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/characters/abraham) _family_ Abraham and Sarah are husband and wife, whose relationship is foundational to the covenant and the birth of Isaac. ### [Abraham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/characters/abraham) _family_ Abraham and Sarah are husband and wife, whose relationship is foundational to the covenant and the birth of Isaac. ### [Abraham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/characters/abraham) _family_ Abraham and Sarah are husband and wife, whose relationship is foundational to the covenant and the birth of Isaac. ## In the story ### [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-viii) Abraham's barren wife who gave birth to Isaac at an advanced age. ### [Of Paradise, that it can be understood in a spiritual sense without sacrificing the historic truth of the narrative regarding the real place.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxi) One of the two women (with Hagar) whose sons allegorically represent the two covenants. ### [Book XV: The Progress of the Two Cities](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-book-xv) Free wife of Abraham, mother of Isaac, representing the heavenly city and the covenant of promise. ### [That Sarah’s barrenness was made productive by God’s grace](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-iii) Barren wife of Abraham who gave her handmaid to bear a child, later miraculously bore Isaac. ### [Book XVI: The Progress of the Two Cities from Noah to Abraham and Beyond](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-book-xvi) Sarah is mentioned in the context of the promise of fecundity and the change of her name, despite her barrenness and old age. ### [Of the era in Abraham’s life from which a new period in the holy succession begins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xii) Abraham's wife, also identified as Iscah. ### [Chapter XIII: Terah's Emigration and the Silence on Nahor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xiii) Daughter-in-law of Terah, wife of Abram, included in the family migration. ### [Of the repeated address of God to Abraham, in which He promised the land of Canaan to him and to his seed.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xviii) Abraham's wife, who traveled with him into the land of Canaan. ### [Of the divine preservation of Sarah's chastity in Egypt, when Abraham had called her not his wife but his sister](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xix) Sarah is taken by Pharaoh but her chastity is divinely preserved through plagues. ### [Of Sarah's handmaid, Hagar, whom she herself wished to be Abraham's concubine.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxv) Sarah, as the barren wife, delivers her handmaid Hagar to Abraham for the sake of progeny, and later shows womanly jealousy. ### [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxvi) Barren old woman through whom God promises to give Abraham a son, demonstrating grace over nature. ### [Of the change of name in Abraham and Sarah, who received the gift of fecundity when they were incapable of regeneration owing to the barrenness of one, and the old age of both.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxviii) Renamed from Sarai; barren and past childbearing age, yet received strength to conceive through faith. ### [Of the three men or angels, in whom the Lord is related to have appeared to Abraham at the oak of Mamre](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxix) Sarah is promised a son Isaac through the divine oracle given by the three men. ### [Of Lot’s Deliverance from Sodom and Abimelech’s Respect for Sarah](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxx) Her chastity is preserved despite Abimelech's lust; she is Abraham's sister by his father's side. ### [Of Isaac, who was born according to the promise, whose name was given on account of the laughter of both parents.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxxi) Mother of Isaac, who laughed for joy and doubt at the promise, later confirmed in faith. ### [Of Abraham's Obedience and Faith, Proved by the Offering of Isaac, and of Sarah's Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxxii) Abraham's wife, who dies at 127 years old, prompting Abraham to purchase a burial field. ### [Of Rebecca, the granddaughter of Nahor, whom Isaac took to wife](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxxiii) Isaac's mother, who had died three years before Isaac's marriage. ### [Chapter XXXIV: On Abraham's Marriage to Keturah After Sarah's Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxxiv) Abraham's first wife, never called a concubine; her death precedes Abraham's marriage to Keturah. ### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-iii) Wife of Abraham, mother of Isaac, barren and old but bore Isaac by God's promise. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/characters/sarah - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/characters