Galatians 4:22 - Forerunner Commentary

Galatians 4:22

20 I would like to be present with you now and to change my tone; for I have doubts about you.

Two Covenants

21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law?

22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: ^athe one by a bondwoman, ^bthe other by a freewoman.

23 But he who was of the bondwoman ^awas born according to the flesh, ^band he of the freewoman through promise,

24 which things are symbolic. For these are¹ the two covenants: the one from Mount ^aSinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar—

25 for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children—

26 but the ^aJerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.

27 For it is written:
^a“Rejoice, O barren,
You who do not bear!
Break forth and shout,
You who are not in labor!
For the desolate has many more children
Than she who has a husband.”

28 Now ^awe, brethren, as Isaac was, are ^bchildren of promise.

Verse Comparison: Galatians 4:22

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American Standard Version
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the freewoman.

Amplified® Bible
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the bondmaid and one by the free woman.

Contemporary English Version
In the Scriptures we learn that Abraham had two sons. The mother of one of them was a slave, while the mother of the other one had always been free.

Darby English Version
For it is written that Abraham had two sons; one of the maid servant, and one of the free woman.

Good News Bible
It says that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman, the other by a free woman.

International Standard Version
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and the other by a free woman.

King James Version
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.

New American Standard Bible
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the bondwoman and one by the free woman.

New International Version
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.

New King James Version
For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For the scriptures say that Abraham had two sons, one by the bondwoman and one by the free woman.

Young's Literal Translation
for it hath been written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the maid-servant, and one by the free-woman,

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