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[a] 23 But one—the son by the slave woman—was born naturally;[b] while the other—the son by the free woman—was through the promise. 24 Now these things are being treated allegorically, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, giving birth to slavery—this is Hagar. 25 But this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery along with her children.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 4:23 cf. Gen. 16:15; Gen. 21:2.
  2. Galatians 4:23 Lit. according to the flesh.