Abraham and Sara were husband and wife. But were they also siblings?

Question

Did Abraham marry his half sister?

Answer 1

No, they were not siblings.

Answer 2

see this website http://www.youtube.com/1802ibrahim

Answer 3

does it matter? Hera was Zeus' daughter/sister(?), they had a long and fruitful marriage.

Answer 4

Yes.  

They were half brother and sister as well as married.

Answer 5

Siblings ??

They weren't raised together in that sense but, yes !

Answer 6

Yes. Abraham and Sarah had the same father, but were born of different mothers.

This was actually common practice in ancient times, as it allowed one to retain property withing the family.

Answer 7

Yep, she was his half sister.

Answer 8

I don't know if they were siblings but I do know that during that time, their society did not have a concept of incest. Meaning to have s*x with a kin was normal. How do you think did humans multiply to billions from Adam and Eve? (Assuming that they're non-fictional). Whom did their offspring had s*x with to produce the next generation? For sure, not with the trees...

Answer 9

You cannot apply today's standards on people who lived more than 2000 years ago. However, you can do it when it concerns Muslims' Prophet!

Answer 10

There wew a lot of things in the Bible that people did what was against God's will for us

Answer 11

Things were a lot different back then. There was a lot of incest and inter-breeding, but this was before the ten commandments, so technically, I don't think they did anything wrong

Answer 12

She was a half-sister.

They loved each other very dearly and served GOD faithfully, ... THAT is the important point.