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Galatians 4:22

“For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and one by the free woman.”

Galatians 4:22 · direct translation from the Greek
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Explicit type · Genesis 16:15

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Paul sums up the story of Abraham’s two sons, the son of the slave woman (Genesis 16:15) and the son of the free woman (21:2), and says that it is an allegory of two covenants.

The biblical author himself makes the connection, in these words:

ἅτινά ἐστιν ἀλληγορούμενα “these things are an allegory” (Galatians 4:24)

Explicit type · Genesis 21:2

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Paul sums up the story of Abraham’s two sons, the son of the slave woman (Genesis 16:15) and the son of the free woman (21:2), and says that it is an allegory of two covenants.

The biblical author himself makes the connection, in these words:

ἅτινά ἐστιν ἀλληγορούμενα “these things are an allegory” (Galatians 4:24)

  • ἈβραὰμAbraamG11אַבְרָהָםavrahamH85“Abraham”

Galatians 4:22, word by word

it is writtenγέγραπταιgegraptai

it is written

So the Bible says; a passage is quoted.

Where else “gegraptai” appears
AbrahamἈβραὰμAbraam

Abraham

Abraham, the father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised to bless all the families of the earth through his offspring.

Where else “Abraam” appears
hadἔσχενeschen

have

To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.

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twoδύοdyo

two

Two.

Where else “dyo” appears
sonsυἱοὺςhuious

son

A son.

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oneἕναhena

one

The quantity one, or a single one within a group.

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the slave womanπαιδίσκηςpaidiskēs

servant girl

Servant girl, young female slave.

Where else “paidiskēs” appears
the free womanἐλευθέραςeleutheras

free

A person who belongs to no master and is in charge of their own life.

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The context

21Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not hear the law?

22 · This verse (above)

23But the son of the slave woman was born according to the flesh, while the son of the free woman was born through promise.

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