The Allegory of Hagar and Sarah
21 Tell me, you who wish to be under the law, do you not listen to the law? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and one by the free woman. 23 But the son of the slave woman was born according to the flesh, while the son of the free woman was born through the promise. 24 This can be explained allegorically, for these women are 4:24 two ¦ the two TRtwo covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery; this is Hagar. 25 4:25 For 90% ¦ Now NA SBL WH 5.1%For Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present 4:25 Jerusalem; ¦ Jerusalem, for CTJerusalem; she is in slavery with her children. 26 But the Jerusalem that is above is the free woman; she is 4:26 the mother of us all ¦ our mother CTthe mother of us all.