Example of Hagar and Sarah
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Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law?
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For it is written that Abraham had two sons, e one by a slave woman and f one by a free woman.
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But g the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, while h the son of the free woman was born through promise.
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Now this may be interpreted allegorically: these women are two i covenants. j One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery; she is Hagar.
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Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia; she corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.
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But k the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
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For it is written,
l "Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear;
break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor!
For the children of the desolate one will be more
than those of the one who has a husband."
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Now you, brothers, m like Isaac, n are children of promise.
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But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh o persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, p so also it is now.
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But what does the Scripture say? q "Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with the son of the free woman."
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So, brothers, we are not children of the slave but r of the free woman.
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Cross References
Genesis 16:5
And Sarai said to Abram, "May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my servant to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May the Lord judge between you and me!
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Genesis 21:2
And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him.
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Galatians 4:29
But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.
Romans 9:7
And not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but "Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.
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Galatians 4:28
Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of ...
Genesis 17:16 - 19
I will bless her, and moreover, I will give you...
Genesis 18:10
The Lord said, "I will surely return to you abo...
Genesis 18:14
Is anything too hard for the Lord ? At the appo...
Genesis 21:1 - 2
The Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the ...
Hebrews 11:11
By faith Sarah herself received power to concei...
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Romans 9:4
They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises.
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Deuteronomy 33:2
He said, "The Lord came from Sinai and dawned from Seir upon us; he shone forth from Mount Paran; he came from the ten thousands of holy ones, with flaming fire at his right hand.
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Hebrews 12:22
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering.
Revelation 3:12
The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.
Revelation 21:2
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Revelation 21:10
And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God.
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Cross References
Isaiah 54:1
Sing, O barren one, who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of her who is married," says the Lord.
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Isaiah 54:1
Sing, O barren one, who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of her who is married," says the Lord.
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Galatians 4:23
But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, while the son of the free woman was born through promise.
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Romans 9:8
This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.
Galatians 3:29
And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.
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Genesis 21:9
But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, laughing.
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Galatians 5:11
But if I, brothers, still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed.
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Genesis 21:10
So she said to Abraham, "Cast out this slave woman with her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac.
John 8:35
The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever.
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Genesis 21:10
So she said to Abraham, "Cast out this slave woman with her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac.
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1 Peter 3:6
As Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening.
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