Galatians 4:25-27
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
25 Hagar represents Sinai,[a] a mountain in Arabia; it corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery along with her children. 26 But the Jerusalem above is freeborn, and she is our mother.(A) 27 For it is written:
“Rejoice, you barren one who bore no children;(B)
break forth and shout, you who were not in labor;
for more numerous are the children of the deserted one
than of her who has a husband.”[b]
Footnotes
- 4:25 Hagar represents Sinai…: some manuscripts have what seems a geographical note, “For Sinai is a mountain in Arabia.”
- 4:27 Is 54:1 in the Septuagint translation is applied to Sarah as the barren one (in Gn 15) who ultimately becomes the mother not only of Isaac but now of numerous children, i.e., of all those who believe, the children of the promise (Gal 4:28).
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