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24 which things are being allegorized[a], for these women are two covenants. One[b] is from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery, which is Hagar 25 (now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia). And she[c] corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she[d] is a slave[e] with her children. 26 But the Jerusalem above is free— which is our mother[f].

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 4:24 That is, which things contain an allegory; or, which things I am going to allegorize.
  2. Galatians 4:24 That is, one woman representing one covenant.
  3. Galatians 4:25 That is, Hagar.
  4. Galatians 4:25 That is, the present Jerusalem.
  5. Galatians 4:25 Or, serves as slave.
  6. Galatians 4:26 But... mother. Paul does not fully detail this side of the comparison, but jumps to his two main points from it.

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