Sarah Whose Voice Abraham Was Told to Heed

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 89:4

"And she is a married woman" (literally, possessed by a husband; Deuteronomy 22:22) means by the elevation of the husband. "And she is a married woman": Rav said, the husband was crowned through her, but she was not crowned through her husband. The rabbis say: she was the mistress of her husband. Everywhere the man decrees, but here, "all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice" (Genesis 21:12). So too here, "All that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice."

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