4 My point is this: heirs, as long as they are minors, are no better than those who are enslaved, though they are the owners of all the property,

²³ One, the child of the enslaved woman, was born according to the flesh; the other, the child of the free woman, was born through the promise.^(A)

²⁹ But just as at that time the child who was born according to the flesh persecuted the child who was born according to the Spirit, so it is now also.^(A)

² Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his house, who had charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh,^{(A) 3} and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live,^(B)

¹² Then he brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, and gave him the covenant; they proclaimed him king and anointed him; they clapped their hands and shouted, “Long live the king!”^(A)

Massacre of Ahab’s Descendants

10 Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, to the rulers of the city,^[a] to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of^[b] Ahab, saying,^{(A) 2} “Since your master’s sons are with you and you have at your disposal chariots and horses, a fortified city, and weapons,

² Jehoash did what was right in the sight of the Lord all his days because the priest Jehoiada instructed him.