Example of Hagar and Sarah
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Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law?
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For it is written that Abraham had two sons: w the one by a bondwoman, x the other by a freewoman.
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But he who was of the bondwoman y was born according to the flesh, z and he of the freewoman through promise,
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which things are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount a Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar -
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for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children -
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but the b Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.
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For it is written:
c "Rejoice, O barren,
You who do not bear!
Break forth and shout,
You who are not in labor!
For the desolate has many more children
Than she who has a husband."
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Now d we, brethren, as Isaac was, are e children of promise.
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But, as f he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, g even so it is now.
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Nevertheless what does h the Scripture say? i "Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for j the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman."
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So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.
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Cross References
Genesis 16:15
So Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
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Genesis 21:2
For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
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Romans 9:7
Nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, "In Isaac your seed shall be called.
Romans 9:8
That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed.
Galatians 4:29
But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now.
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Genesis 16:15
So Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram named his ...
Genesis 17:15 - 19
Then God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wi...
Genesis 18:10
And He said, "I will certainly return to you ac...
Genesis 21:1
And the LORD visited Sarah as He had said, and ...
Galatians 4:28
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of...
Hebrews 11:11
By faith Sarah herself also received strength t...
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Exodus 24:6 - 8
And Moses took half the blood and put it in basins, and half the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
Deuteronomy 33:2
And he said: "The LORD came from Sinai, And dawned on them from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran, And He came with ten thousands of saints; From His right hand Came a fiery law for them.
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Isaiah 2:2
Now it shall come to pass in the latter days That the mountain of the LORD's house Shall be established on the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow to it.
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Isaiah 54:1
Sing, O barren, You who have not borne! Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, You who have not labored with child! For more are the children of the desolate Than the children of the married woman," says the LORD.
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Romans 9:7
Nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, "In Isaac your seed shall be called.
Romans 9:8
That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed.
Galatians 3:29
And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
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Acts 3:25
"You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.'
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Genesis 21:9
And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, scoffing.
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Galatians 5:11
And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution? Then the offense of the cross has ceased.
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Galatians 3:8
And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, "In you all the nations shall be blessed.
Galatians 3:22
But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
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Cross References
Genesis 21:10
Therefore she said to Abraham, "Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, namely with Isaac.
Genesis 21:12
But God said to Abraham, "Do not let it be displeasing in your sight because of the lad or because of your bondwoman. Whatever Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice; for in Isaac your seed shall be called.
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John 8:35
And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever.
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