Faith
What is the source for the ages at which our father Abraham and our mother Sarah married?
Question
Shalom, honored rabbi, I would like to ask: What is the source from which we learn the age at which our father Abraham married and our mother Sarah married? Abraham was then 25 years old, and Sarah was 15 years old.
Thank you in advance
Answer
Shalom,
The source is what is written in Tana Dvei Eliyahu Rabbah (chapter 18), that our father Abraham and our mother Sarah were childless for seventy-five years. End of citation. And behold, Abraham was one hundred years old and Sarah was ninety years old at the birth of Isaac (Genesis 17:17, 21:5), and based on this it is written in Seder HaDorot (year 4773) that it comes out that Abraham was 25 years old when he married Sarah. End of citation. And according to this, Sarah was fifteen years old.
With blessings,
Hillel Meirs
