24 By the which things another thing is meant: for [a]these mothers are the [b]two Testaments, the one which is Hagar of mount [c]Sinai, which gendereth unto bondage.

25 (For Hagar or Sinai is a mountain in Arabia, and it [d]answered to Jerusalem which now is) and [e]she is in bondage with her children.

26 But Jerusalem, which is [f]above, is free: which is the mother of us all.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 4:24 These do represent and shadow forth.
  2. Galatians 4:24 They are called two covenants, one of the old Testament, and another of the New: which were not two indeed, but in respect of the times, and the diversity of the government.
  3. Galatians 4:24 He maketh mention of Sinai, because that covenant was made in that mountain, of which mountain Hagar was a shadow.
  4. Galatians 4:25 Look how the case standeth betwixt Hagar and her children, even so standeth it between Jerusalem and hers.
  5. Galatians 4:25 That is, Sinai.
  6. Galatians 4:26 Which is excellent, and of great account.

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