Galatians 4:24-26

Expanded Bible

²⁴ This story ·teaches something else [or may be read allegorically/figuratively/as an illustration]: The two women are ·like the two agreements between God and his people [^Ltwo covenants]. One is ·the law that God made on Mount Sinai [^Lfrom Mount Sinai; ^Cthe mountain in Arabia where God delivered his law to Israel through Moses; Ex. 19—31], ·and the people who are under this agreement are like slaves [^L…bearing children for slavery]. ·The mother named Hagar is like that agreement [^LThis is Hagar]. ²⁵ She is like Mount Sinai in Arabia and ·is a picture of [corresponds to; represents] the ·earthly city of [^Lpresent] Jerusalem. This city and ·its people [^Lher children] are ·slaves to the law [^Lslaves]. ²⁶ But the ·heavenly Jerusalem, which is above [^LJerusalem above], is like the free woman. She is our mother.