Galatians 4:21-25

Example of Hagar and Sarah

21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, e one by a slave woman and f one by a free woman. 23 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. 24 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. 25 Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia; 1 she corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.

  1. 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!
  2. Cross References
    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.
  3. Cross References
    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.
  4. Cross References
    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...
  5. Cross References
    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.
  6. Cross References
    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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