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This detail is not supplied in The Bible. No mention is made of Sarai's parents (Sarai was her original name).

AnswerTwice in the Bible, Abraham passed Sarah off as his sister, although she was (also) his wife. This claim would make Terah, Abraham's father, the father of Sarah.

If Sarah was the daughter of Terah, and with the marriage of Isaac and Rebekah, and of Jacob and Leah and Rachel, the patriarchal family line is a self-contained unit, originating solely in Terah, with no pathways to or from the outer world. The children of Israel were all descended solely from Terah, through both male and female lines all the way back to Abraham and Sarah. The Bible does not confirm that Sarah was Abraham's sister, but there is a consistency here that makes compelling sense for her to be, and therefore the daughter of Terah.

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