Presents a novel based on the life of the Old Testament character Sarah, the daughter of a powerful lord who employs drastic measures in an attempt to avoid an arranged marriage and whose actions lead her give up her exalted life to join Abram, a member of a nomadic tribe and follower of the one true God.
Traces the intertwined lives of four women from the book of Genesis, Leah, the oldest daughter of Laban; the orphan Bilhah; the beautiful servant Zilpah; and Rachel, Laban's spoiled younger daughter.
When Abram requests Sarai's hand in marriage, he promises never to take another wife and in return Sarai promises to give Abram a son, but as the years go by and Sarai's womb remains empty, she becomes desperate to fulfill her end of the bargain.
The first novel in a trilogy on the women of Genesis, focusing on the life of Sarah, a devoted wife, and follower of the God of Abraham, who is chosen to experience a miracle.
