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25 (now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia). And she[a] corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she[b] is a slave[c] with her children. 26 But the Jerusalem above is free— which is our mother[d]. 27 For it has been written, “Celebrate, barren one, the one not giving-birth. Break-forth and shout, the one not suffering-birth-pains. Because many more are the children of the desolate[e] than of the one having the husband!”[Isa 54:1]

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 4:25 That is, Hagar.
  2. Galatians 4:25 That is, the present Jerusalem.
  3. Galatians 4:25 Or, serves as slave.
  4. Galatians 4:26 But... mother. Paul does not fully detail this side of the comparison, but jumps to his two main points from it.
  5. Galatians 4:27 That is, unable to bear children, referring to Sarah.

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