One of the most haunting expansions in the entire Targum is this one. In Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on Genesis 22:20, the Aramaic explains how Sarah died: Satana came and told unto Sarah that Abraham had killed Izhak. And Sarah arose, and cried out, and was strangled, and died from agony.
A word of caution in reading this. In Jewish tradition, Satana — Ha-Satan — is the Heavenly Accuser, an angel who serves God by testing humans. He is not a cosmic rebel. In this story, he brings a false report: Sarah does not know the angel has stayed Abraham's hand. She hears only that the knife fell. Her body cannot hold the news.
The Targum of Pseudo-Jonathan is filling a textual silence. The Torah does not say where Sarah was during the Akeidah. The Aramaic places her in Hebron, receiving rumors. Her death at the start of the next chapter (Genesis 23) suddenly has a cause.
The older midrash in Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer (chapter 32) preserves the same tradition. The Akeidah cost two lives — one on the altar, stayed at the last moment; one in the tent, who could not survive the news.
The verse then pivots to Milcah, Abraham's sister-in-law, who bears sons. Life continues elsewhere, even as Sarah dies at home.
The Maggidim took this as a warning about the weight of rumor. The takeaway: a false word, spoken at the wrong moment, can kill. Guard what you say. The Accuser has done enough damage already.