Galatians 4:22 BSB — MannaFest

Galatians 4:22

For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the freewoman.

KJV

For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Galatians (420)

(Verse 22, 23.) For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and one by a free woman. But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, while the son of the free woman was born through the promise. It is of great difficulty to demonstrate that only Isaac, who was born of Sarah, was generated through the promise, and not also Ishmael, who was born of the Egyptian slave Hagar.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

For it is written,.... In Gen 16:15 that Abraham had two sons, not two sons only; for besides the two referred to, he had six more, Gen 25:2 but it being only pertinent to the apostle's purpose to take notice of these two, he mentions no more, though he does not deny that he had any more. These two sons were Ishmael and Isaac: the one by a bondmaid. Ishmael was by Hagar, Sarah's servant, who represented the covenant the Jewish nation was under the bondage of. The other by a free woman.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For it is written - Viz. in Gen 16:15; Gen 22:1, etc., that Abraham had two sons, Ishmael and Isaac; the one; Ishmael, by a bond maid, Hagar; the other, Isaac, by a free woman, Sarah.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
γέγραπται	gegraptai	It has been written	G1125 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
Ἀβραὰμ	Abraam	Abraham	G11 →
δύο	duo	two	G1417 →
υἱοὺς	huious	sons	G5207 →
ἔσχεν,	eschen	had,	G2192 →
ἕνα	hena	one	G1520 →
ἐκ	ek	of	G1537 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
παιδίσκης	paidiskēs	slave woman	G3814 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἕνα	hena	one	G1520 →
ἐκ	ek	of	G1537 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
ἐλευθέρας.	eleutheras	free.	G1658 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 21:10
and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!”
leads to
- John 8:35
  A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son belongs to it forever.
- Galatians 4:22–31
  For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
- 1 John 2:19
  They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of…
- 1 Peter 1:4
  and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
- Genesis 36:6–7
  Later, Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the people of his household, along with his livestock, all his other animals, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan, and…
Through
Genesis 16:15
And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.
leads to
- Genesis 25:12
  This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
- Genesis 17:18
  And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”
- Genesis 37:27
  Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.