Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. New Living Translation The Scriptures say that Abraham had two sons, one from his slave wife and one from his freeborn wife. English Standard Version For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and one by a free woman. Berean Standard Bible For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. Berean Literal Bible For it has been written that Abraham had two sons, one of the slave woman and one of the free. King James Bible For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. New King James Version For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. New American Standard Bible For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and one by the free woman. NASB 1995 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the bondwoman and one by the free woman. NASB 1977 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the bondwoman and one by the free woman. Legacy Standard Bible For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant-woman and one by the free woman. Amplified Bible For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman [Hagar] and one by the free woman [Sarah]. Christian Standard Bible For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave and the other by a free woman. Holman Christian Standard Bible For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave and the other by a free woman. American Standard Version For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the freewoman. Contemporary English Version In the Scriptures we learn that Abraham had two sons. The mother of one of them was a slave, while the mother of the other one had always been free. English Revised Version For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the freewoman. GOD'S WORD® Translation Scripture says that Abraham had two sons, one by a woman who was a slave and the other by a free woman. Good News Translation It says that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman, the other by a free woman. International Standard Version For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and the other by a free woman. Majority Standard Bible For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. NET Bible For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. New Heart English Bible For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman, and one by the free woman. Webster's Bible Translation For it is written, that Abraham had two sons; the one by a bond-maid, the other by a free-woman. Weymouth New Testament For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave-girl and one by the free woman. World English Bible For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant, and one by the free woman. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionFor it has been written that Abraham had two sons, one by the maidservant and one by the free [woman], Berean Literal Bible For it has been written that Abraham had two sons, one of the slave woman and one of the free. Young's Literal Translation for it hath been written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the maid-servant, and one by the free-woman, Smith's Literal Translation For it has been written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the bondmaid, and one by the free. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, and the other by a free woman. Catholic Public Domain Version For it is written that Abraham had two sons: one by a servant woman, and one by a free woman. New American Bible For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the freeborn woman. New Revised Standard Version For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and the other by a free woman. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by a bondmaid, and one by a freewoman. Aramaic Bible in Plain English For it is written: “Abraham had two sons, one from a Maidservant and one from a Freewoman.” NT Translations Anderson New TestamentFor it is written, that Abraham had two sons; one by a bondmaid, and one by a free woman. Godbey New Testament For it is written that Abraham had two sons; one by a bond-maid and one by a freewoman. Haweis New Testament For it is written Mace New Testament for it is there written, Abraham had two sons, the one by a bond-maid, the other by a free-woman. Weymouth New Testament For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave-girl and one by the free woman. Worrell New Testament For it has been written that Abraham had two sons, one by the bond-woman, and one by the free-woman. Worsley New Testament where it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by a servant, and one by a free-woman? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Hagar and Sarah21Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand what the law says? 22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. 23His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.… Cross References Genesis 16:15 And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne. Genesis 21:2-3 So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised. / And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him. Romans 9:7-9 Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.” / So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring. / For this is what the promise stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.” Hebrews 11:11-12 By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised. / And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore. Genesis 17:19 But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him. 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!” Genesis 25:1-6 Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah, / and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. / Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites. ... Romans 4:18-22 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.” / Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb. / Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, ... Genesis 18:10 Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent. Genesis 18:14 Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.” Genesis 21:12 But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned. Genesis 15:4 Then the word of the LORD came to Abram, saying, “This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir.” Genesis 17:16 And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.” Genesis 17:21 But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.” Genesis 18:11 And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing. Treasury of Scripture For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a female slave, the other by a free woman. that. Genesis 16:2-4,15 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai… Genesis 21:1,2,10 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken… Jump to Previous Abraham Bondmaid Bond-Maid Bondwoman Free Freewoman Free-Woman Handmaid Maid Maid-Servant Servant Servant-Woman Slave Slave-Girl Writings WrittenJump to Next Abraham Bondmaid Bond-Maid Bondwoman Free Freewoman Free-Woman Handmaid Maid Maid-Servant Servant Servant-Woman Slave Slave-Girl Writings WrittenGalatians 4 1. We were under the law till Christ came, as the heir is under the guardian till he be of age.5. But Christ freed us from the law; 7. therefore we are servants no longer to it. 14. Paul remembers the Galatians' good will to him, and his to them; 22. and shows that we are the sons of Abraham by the freewoman. For it is written This phrase indicates the authority of Scripture as the foundation for Paul's argument. The Greek word "γέγραπται" (gegraptai) is in the perfect tense, emphasizing that what was written remains authoritative and relevant. Paul often uses this phrase to connect his teachings to the Old Testament, underscoring the continuity and fulfillment of God's promises through Christ. that Abraham had two sons one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman The one by a bondmaid.--Hagar, it seems from Genesis 16:1, was an Egyptian. The word for "bondmaid" was not confined to this sense in earlier Greek, but was used for any young girl. Verse 22 - For it is written (γέγραπται γάρ); for the Scripture saith. The phrase does not here, as it does usually, introduce the citation of a text, but prefaces a brief summary of facts; these facts being recited in words gathered out of the Septuagint Version of Genesis 16. and 21, in much the same way as the story of Melchisedec is sketched in Hebrews 7:1-4. That Abraham had two sons (ὅτι Ἀβραὰμ δύο υἱοὺς ἔσχεν); that Abraham had gotten two sons; for ἔσχεν is not exactly equivalent to εϊχεν. Attention has been drawn to other sons born of Keturah (Genesis 25:1, 2), who both in ancient and in modern days (see Windisch-mann) have been very plausibly interpreted as analogously pointing forward allegorically to those heretical bodies, now vanished, which threatened such danger to the Church in the first centuries. But the apostle's concern here is exclusively with the posture of affairs subsisting at the time of Hagar's and Ishmael's expulsion from the patriarch's family, quoted in ver. 30 from Genesis 21. Even if he had seen fit by allegorical exposition to apply Scripture to those dire forms of utterly perverted Christianity, which he certainly did look forward to as about to arise, it is very questionable whether he would have conceded to them so venerable a parentage as having Abraham for their forefather. Mosaism in its place was a thing of Divine origin, even as Christianity itself was, both of them "covenants" of God; not so the monstrous forms of Gnostic and Manichean teaching which horrified the primitive Church. In fact, typology, that is to say, the interpretation of Old Testament Scripture as bearing a designed allegorical sense, requires very cautious handling. The tracing of analogies is an interesting and pleasing exercise of theological ingenuity; but it is one thing to trace a parallelism, and a quite different thing to detect a latent predictive sense intended by the Holy Spirit. The one by a bondmaid (e%na e)k th = paidi/skh); one by the handmaid; the expression pointing to the individual mother known from the sacred history. The word παιδίσκη in classical Greek means a girl either slave or free. In the Septuagint it is generally a slave (not, however, in Ruth 4:12, where it renders the Hebrew na'arah); in the New Testament it is always a maidservant. St. Paul borrows the word from the Septuagint of Genesis 15. and 21, where it renders the Hebrew shiphehah. Hagar was the personal property of Sarah. The other by a freewoman (καὶ ἕνα ἐκ τῆς ἐλευθέρας); and one by the freewoman. The word "freewoman" is never applied to Sarah in the story in Genesis; not even in the passage freely quoted in ver. 30; but it was an obviously true description, and with perfect fairness introduced in antithesis to Hagar. As applied to one holding so princessly a position in the story as Sarah, the idea of a freewoman stands coloured with a deep tincture of dignity.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Forγὰρ (gar) Conjunction Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. it is written γέγραπται (gegraptai) Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1125: A primary verb; to 'grave', especially to write; figuratively, to describe. that ὅτι (hoti) Conjunction Strong's 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because. Abraham Ἀβραὰμ (Abraam) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 11: Abraham, progenitor of the Hebrew race. Of Hebrew origin; Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch. had ἔσχεν (eschen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. two δύο (dyo) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 1417: Two. A primary numeral; 'two'. sons, υἱοὺς (huious) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship. one ἕνα (hena) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 1520: One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one. by ἐκ (ek) Preposition Strong's 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. slave woman παιδίσκης (paidiskēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 3814: A female slave, maidservant, maid, young girl. Feminine diminutive of pais; a girl, i.e., a female slave or servant. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. [the other] ἕνα (hena) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 1520: One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one. by ἐκ (ek) Preposition Strong's 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. free [woman]. ἐλευθέρας (eleutheras) Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 1658: Free, delivered from obligation. Probably from the alternate of erchomai; unrestrained, i.e. not a slave, or exempt. Links Galatians 4:22 NIVGalatians 4:22 NLT Galatians 4:22 ESV Galatians 4:22 NASB Galatians 4:22 KJV Galatians 4:22 BibleApps.com Galatians 4:22 Biblia Paralela Galatians 4:22 Chinese Bible Galatians 4:22 French Bible Galatians 4:22 Catholic Bible NT Letters: Galatians 4:22 For it is written that Abraham had (Gal. Ga) |
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