Galatians 4
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Galatians 4:24-27

2412ThisG3748 is speakingG238 allegoricallyG238, for theseG3778 women are twoG1417 covenantsG1242: oneG1520 coming from 3MountG3735 SinaiG4614 givingG1080 birthG1080 toG1080 childrenG1080 4who are to be 5slavesG1397; 6she is HagarG28. 25NowG1161 thisG3588 HagarG28 is MountG3735 SinaiG4614 in ArabiaG688 and correspondsG4960 to the presentG3568 JerusalemG2419, for she is enslavedG1398 with her childrenG5043. 26But 7the JerusalemG2419 aboveG507 is freeG1658; 8she is our motherG3384. 27For it is writtenG1125: “9RejoiceG2165, infertileG4723 one, you who do not giveG5088 birthG5088; BreakG4486 forthG4486 and shoutG994, you who areG5605 not inG5605 laborG5605; For the childrenG5043 of the desolateG2048 one are moreG4183 numerousG4183 ThanG2228 those of the one who hasG2192 a husbandG435.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Galatians 4:24 Lit Which ↩
  2. 2. Galatians 4:24 1 Cor 10:11 ↩
  3. 3. Galatians 4:24 Deut 33:2 ↩
  4. 4. Galatians 4:24 Lit into slavery ↩
  5. 5. Galatians 4:24 Gal 4:3 ↩
  6. 6. Galatians 4:24 Lit which ↩
  7. 7. Galatians 4:26 Heb 12:22; Rev 3:12; 21:2, 10 ↩
  8. 8. Galatians 4:26 Lit which ↩
  9. 9. Galatians 4:27 Is 54:1 ↩

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