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God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah.
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From 'My Princess' to 'Princess'
Commentators unanimously explain that Sarai's original name meant 'my princess,' suggesting her honor was limited to her own household. By changing her name to Sarah, meaning 'princess' in an absolute sense, God publicly elevated her status. She was now formally recognized as a princess over the many nations and kings who would descend from her, and a spiritual mother to future believers.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
שׁדי shaday — Shaddai, “Irresistible, able to destroy, and by inference to create, Almighty.” שׁדד shādad
19th Century
Anglican
Sarai. —Probably princely, an adjective of the same form as shaddai, Genesis 17:1; while Sarah
16th Century
Protestant
As for Sarai thy wife, God now promises to Abraham a legitimate seed by Sarai. She had been (as I have said) too hasty, when she substitut…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And God said to Abraham After he had changed his name, and given him the covenant of circumcision:
as…
Here is the promise made to Abraham of a son by Sarai, in whom the promise made to him should be fulfilled. The assurance of this promise was the c…
