Galatians 4:30

“But what does the Scripture say? Drive out the slave woman and her son; for the son of the slave woman will never inherit with the son of the free woman.”
Galatians 4:30 · direct translation from the Greek

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Butἀλλὰwhatτίdoes the Scriptureἡ γραφήsay?λέγειDrive outἜκβαλεthe slave womanτὴν παιδίσκηνandκαὶher son;τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆςforγὰρthe sonὁ υἱὸςof the slave womanτῆς παιδίσκηςwill neverοὐ μὴinheritκληρονομήσειwithμετὰthe sonτοῦ υἱοῦof the free woman.τῆς ἐλευθέρας

Quotation · Genesis 21:10

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Paul quotes Sarah’s words to Abraham. Where Sarah says “with my son, with Isaac,” Galatians says “with the son of the free woman.”

Formula: ἀλλὰ τί λέγει ἡ γραφή “but what does the Scripture say?” (Galatians 4:30)

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Greek of the New Testament: ἀλλὰ τί λέγει ἡ γραφή Ἔκβαλε τὴν παιδίσκην καὶ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς οὐ γὰρ μὴ κληρονομήσει ὁ υἱὸς τῆς παιδίσκης μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ τῆς ἐλευθέρας

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וַתֹּאמֶר לְאַבְרָהָם גָּרֵשׁ הָאָמָה הַזֹּאת וְאֶת בְּנָהּ כִּי לֹא יִירַשׁ בֶּן הָאָמָה הַזֹּאת עִם בְּנִי עִם יִצְחָק

Septuagint (Genesis 21:10 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ εἶπεν τῷ Ἀβραάμ Ἔκβαλε τὴν παιδίσκην ταύτην καὶ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς· οὐ γὰρ μὴ κληρονομήσει ὁ υἱὸς τῆς παιδίσκης μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ μου Ἰσαάκ.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 15 consecutive words: “καὶ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς οὐ γὰρ μὴ κληρονομήσει ὁ υἱὸς τῆς παιδίσκης μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Galatians 4:30, word by word

does the Scriptureγραφήgraphē

Scripture

Scripture: the sacred text; "the Scriptures", the Old Testament.

Where else “graphē” appears

sayλέγειlegei

state

What something written says, like Scripture.

Where else “legei” appears

Drive outἜκβαλεEkbale

drive out

To expel someone, like demons.

Where else “Ekbale” appears

the slave womanπαιδίσκηνpaidiskēn

servant girl

Servant girl, young female slave.

Where else “paidiskēn” appears

her sonυἱὸνhuion

son

A son.

Where else “huion” appears

inheritκληρονομήσειklēronomēsei

inherit

Inherit, receive as an inheritance; receive what God has promised.

Where else “klēronomēsei” appears

of the free womanἐλευθέραςeleutheras

free

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

Where else “eleutheras” appears

Translation note

Quoted from Genesis 21:10.

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Quotation · Genesis 21:10

Paul quotes Sarah’s words to Abraham. Where Sarah says “with my son, with Isaac,” Galatians says “with the son of the free woman.”

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Galatians 4:30

³⁰But what does the Scripture say? Drive out the slave woman and her son; for the son of the slave woman will never inherit with the son of the free woman.

Genesis 21:10

¹⁰And she said to Abraham, “Drive out this slave woman and her son, for the son of this slave woman will not inherit with my son, with Isaac.”

The context

29But just as then the one born according to the flesh persecuted the one born according to the Spirit, so it is also now.

30 · This verse (above)

31Therefore, brothers, we are not children of a slave woman but of the free woman.

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