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Galatians 4:22The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
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γέγραπται γὰρ ὅτι ᾿Αβραὰμ δύο υἱοὺς ἔσχεν, ἕνα ἐκ τῆς παιδίσκης καὶ ἕνα ἐκ τῆς ἐλευθέρας·
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Galatians 4:22The Bible in Living English
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22 For the text says Abraham had two sons, one by the slave-girl and one by the freewoman,
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Galatians 4:22American Standard Version
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22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the freewoman.
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Galatians 4:22The Emphasized Bible
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22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons—One by the bondmaid And one by the free woman;
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Galatians 4:22King James Version
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22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
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Galatians Study Notes—Chapter 4New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
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the free woman: This term is used with reference to Abraham’s wife, Sarah, and “the Jerusalem above.” (Ga 4:26) Paul compares the enslaved Jerusalem of his day with the servant girl Hagar. (Ga 4:25) The nation of Israel, with its capital Jerusalem, could not be called a free woman because the Law did not give it that status. Rather, the Law showed that the Israelites were subject to sin, hence they were slaves. In contrast, God’s figurative wife, the Jerusalem above, has always been, like Sarah, a free woman. Those who become “children . . . of the free woman” have been set free by the Son of God from the bondage of sin and the Mosaic Law.—Ga 4:31; 5:1 and study note; Joh 8:34-36.
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