4 What I am saying is that as long as an heir is underage, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate.

²³ His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh,^(A) but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a divine promise.^(B)

²⁹ At that time the son born according to the flesh^(A) persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit.^(B) It is the same now.

² He said to the senior servant^(A) in his household, the one in charge of all that he had,^(B) “Put your hand under my thigh.^{(C) 3} I want you to swear^(D) by the Lord, the God of heaven^(E) and the God of earth,^(F) that you will not get a wife for my son^(G) from the daughters of the Canaanites,^(H) among whom I am living,^(I)

¹² Jehoiada brought out the king’s son and put the crown on him; he presented him with a copy of the covenant^(A) and proclaimed him king. They anointed^(B) him, and the people clapped their hands^(C) and shouted, “Long live the king!”^(D)