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—  ‡

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.”  ‡