22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, (A)one by a servant, and (B)one by a free woman.

23 But he which was of the servant, was born after the [a]flesh: and he which was of the free woman, was born by [b]promise.

24 By the which things another thing is meant: for [c]these mothers are the [d]two Testaments, the one which is Hagar of mount [e]Sinai, which gendereth unto bondage.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 4:23 As all men are, and by the common course of nature.
  2. Galatians 4:23 By virtue of the promise, which Abraham laid hold on for himself and his true seed, for otherwise Abraham and Sarah were past begetting and bearing children.
  3. Galatians 4:24 These do represent and shadow forth.
  4. Galatians 4:24 They are called two covenants, one of the old Testament, and another of the New: which were not two indeed, but in respect of the times, and the diversity of the government.
  5. Galatians 4:24 He maketh mention of Sinai, because that covenant was made in that mountain, of which mountain Hagar was a shadow.

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