Galatians 4:22

For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, and the other by a free woman.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

21Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, have you not read the law?

23But he who was of the bondwoman, was born according to the flesh: but he of the free woman, was by promise.

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Cross References

Genesis 16:2She said to her husband: Behold, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: go in unto my handmaid, it may be I may have children of her at least. And when he agreed to her request,

Genesis 21:1And the Lord visited Sara, as he had promised: and fulfilled what he had spoken.

Matthew Henry on Galatians 4:22-31

Affectionate Remonstrance. ( a. d. 56.) 21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? 22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. 23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. 24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. 25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem… Read the whole commentary →

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