NET Bible
"But one, the son by the slave woman, was born by natural descent, while the other, the son by the free woman, was born through the promise."
— Galatians 4:23, NET Bible
“But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.”
“Howbeit the son by the handmaid is born after the flesh; but the son by the freewoman is born through promise. ”
“However, the son by the handmaid was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.”
“But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh: but he of the free woman was by promise.”
“Now the son by the servant-woman has his birth after the flesh; but the son by the free woman has his birth through the undertaking of God.”
“But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.”
I wish I could be with you now and change my tone of voice, because I am perplexed about you.
An Appeal from Allegory Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand the law?
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
But one, the son by the slave woman, was born by natural descent, while the other, the son by the free woman, was born through the promise.
These things may be treated as an allegory, for these women represent two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai bearing children for slavery; this is Hagar.
Now Hagar represents Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.
But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.