Samael Tells Sarah of the Binding and She Dies of Grief

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 102:11

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"And Abraham came to mourn for Sarah" (Genesis 23:2). When Abraham returned from Mount Moriah in peace, Samael's anger burned, for he saw that the desire of his heart, to nullify Abraham's offering, had not succeeded. What did he do? He went and said to Sarah: "Have you not heard what has happened in the world?" She said to him: "No." He said to her: "Abraham took Isaac your son and slaughtered him and offered him up as a burnt offering upon the fire." She began to weep and wail, three weepings corresponding to the three blasts [of the shofar], three wailings corresponding to the three quavering notes; and her soul flew away and she died. "And Abraham came": from where did he come? He came from Mount Moriah.

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