²⁴ This story ·teaches something else [or may be read allegorically/figuratively/as an illustration]: The two women are ·like the two agreements between God and his people [^Ltwo covenants]. One is ·the law that God made on Mount Sinai [^Lfrom Mount Sinai; ^Cthe mountain in Arabia where God delivered his law to Israel through Moses; Ex. 19—31], ·and the people who are under this agreement are like slaves [^L…bearing children for slavery]. ·The mother named Hagar is like that agreement [^LThis is Hagar].