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Galatians 4:23-25
1599 Geneva Bible
Galatians 4:23-25
1599 Geneva Bible
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.
25 (For Hagar or Sinai is a mountain in Arabia, and it [f]answered to Jerusalem which now is) and [g]she is in bondage with her children.
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- Galatians 4:23 As all men are, and by the common course of nature.
- 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.
- Galatians 4:24 These do represent and shadow forth.
- 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.
- Galatians 4:24 He maketh mention of Sinai, because that covenant was made in that mountain, of which mountain Hagar was a shadow.
- Galatians 4:25 Look how the case standeth betwixt Hagar and her children, even so standeth it between Jerusalem and hers.
- Galatians 4:25 That is, Sinai.
Galatians 4:23-25
New International Version
Galatians 4:23-25
New International Version
23 His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh,(A) but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a divine promise.(B)
24 These things are being taken figuratively: The women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves: This is Hagar. 25 Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
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