Sarah’s Daughters

No, Sarah, the wife of Abraham, had no daughters. Her only child, born in old age, was a son called Isaac. Yet Scripture does speak of the daughters of Sarah. It is true but once, but then so clearly that no one can deny that Sarah has many daughters. The passage of Scripture I have in mind may be found in I Peter 3:6, which reads, "Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement." The reference is surely not to...