First, I thank you for sharing that view of the passage. :)
I don’t see where anyone refuses to recognize the role of women on this thread, honestly. Just sharing of an understanding gained... And, in reading your post it adds to it - for a better understanding, IMHO.
The Mother and the Father are indeed BOTH important. Sarah and Abraham both had a part in God’s plan for all of those, and ultimately for us.
As far as Abraham being a hero - that implies worship. I think everyone recognizes none of us are worthy of God’s grace. But, indeed because of the story of ALL of these people, including through their trials, we come to know God. And, Abraham was just as much a part as his wife, and the mother of his children.
This is all JMHO. And, again I do thank you for that added explanation. It always just made sense to me that you would count the religious family through the mother because of the wars and such in the past where many women were raped during the raiding of villages and other tragic things. Not as a result of denying women’s role in the Old Testament.
There are numerous important women throughout the Old Testament, just as there are numerous important men. Without all of it we could not know God’s Word...
Not on this thread, no. But in almost every concordance in the NT I have ever read, the only thing it says about Sarah is that she was Isaac’s mother.
There are many, many women who get short shrift in the concordances, if they are even mentioned at all.
Manoah
Does anyone even knpw who she was?