What About Sarai? 

     Abraham is getting all the attention. What about his wife, Sarai?

     The Lord said, "She will be Sarah (princess) and I will give you a son by her. She will be a mother of nations...this time next year."

     That's 12 months away. Hmmm.

     Abraham "...fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, 'Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?'" Sarah laughed also. 

     Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael might live under your blessing." 

     God tolerated this moment of unbelief - it was reasonable. "Sarah will bear you a son and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him." 

     "As for Ishmael (God hears)," Abraham's son by Sarai's maid, "I will surely bless him... He will be the father of twelve rulers and I will make him into a great nation."    

     More delay. Abraham and his nephew Lot had separated because their flocks grew too large. That led to Sodom (where Lot then lived among those with "grievous sin.") Lot reluctantly evacuated before God destroyed both Sodom and Gomorrah (with burning sulfur).

     Abraham, yet untested, moved into the region of the Negev where he almost wrecked God's plan. He said Sarah was his sister, because Abimelech liked her looks (age 90 !!!), and the king would kill him if he knew the truth.     

Next: How will Abraham get out of his (and her) predicament?