Sarah or Sara (/?s??r?/; Hebrew: ??????, Modern Sara Tiberian ??r? ISO 259-3 ?arra; Latin: Sara; Arabic: ???? S?rah;) was the wife of Abraham and the mother of Isaac as described in the Hebrew Bible and the Quran. Her name was originally Sarai. According to Genesis 17:15, God changed her name to Sarah as part of a covenant after Hagar bore Abraham his first son, Ishmael.The Hebrew name Sarah indicates a woman of high rank and is translated as "princess" or "noblewoman".