Galatians 4:22-23 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a female slave, the other by a free woman.… The principle from which he views the Old Testament history may be compared to those lines of light which, on a misty day, open up glimpses among the mountains, in which that which is definitely seen is as nothing to the crowded and mysterious shapes suggested to the imagination. First his mind turns to the tents of the patriarchs, to that simple and pathetic tale — Sarah and Hagar — Isaac and Ishmael. Concentrated in them he sees the spirit of the two covenants. First the Egyptian slave, "which gendereth unto bondage," "which is Mount Sinai." But this covenant reminds him of Jerusalem which now is in miserable bondage. But then, high above all, the apostle's spirit rises to another Jerusalem, where the fetters fall from the soul of every slave that sets foot upon that soil. "Jerusalem which is above is free." (Bishop Alexander.) Parallel Verses KJV: For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.WEB: For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the free woman. |
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