Galatians 4:22

Geneva Bible (1560)

For it is written, that Abraham had two sonnes, one by a seruant, and one by a free woman.

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  • Gen 16:15 : 15 And Hagar bare Abram a sonne, and Abram called his sonnes name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
  • Gen 21:1-2 : 1 Nowe the Lord visited Sarah, as he had saide, and did vnto her according as he had promised. 2 For Sarah conceiued, and bare Abraham a sonne in his olde age, at the same season that God tolde him.
  • Gen 21:10 : 10 Wherefore she saide vnto Abraham, Cast out this bond woman and her sonne: for ye sonne of this bonde woman shall not be heire with my sonne Izhak.
  • Gen 16:2-4 : 2 And Sarai said vnto Abram, Beholde now, the Lorde hath restrained me from childe bearing. I pray thee goe in vnto my maide: it may be that I shall receiue a childe by her; Abram obeyed the voyce of Sarai. 3 Then Sarai Abrams wife tooke Hagar her maide the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelled ten yeere in the land of Canaan, and gaue her to her husband Abram for his wife. 4 And he went in vnto Hagar, & she conceiued; when she sawe that she had conceiued, her dame was despised in her eyes.

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  • Gal 4:23-31
    9 verses
    90%

    23But he which was of the seruant, was borne after the flesh: and he which was of the free woman, was borne by promes.

    24By the which things another thing is ment: for these mothers are the two testaments, the one which is Agar of mount Sina, which gendreth vnto bondage.

    25(For Agar or Sina is a mountaine in Arabia, and it answereth to Hierusalem which nowe is) and she is in bondage with her children.

    26But Hierusalem, which is aboue, is free: which is the mother of vs all.

    27For it is written, Reioyce thou barren that bearest no children: breake forth, & cry, thou that trauailest not: for the desolate hath many moe children, then she which hath an husband.

    28Therefore, brethren, wee are after the maner of Isaac, children of the promes.

    29But as then hee that was borne after the flesh, persecuted him that was borne after the Spirit, euen so it is nowe.

    30But what sayth the Scripture? Put out the seruant and her sonne: for the sonne of the seruant shall not be heire with the sonne of the free woman.

    31Then brethren, we are not children of the seruant, but of the free woman.

  • Gen 21:9-10
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    9And Sarah sawe the sonne of Hagar the Egyptian (which she had borne vnto Abraham) mocking.

    10Wherefore she saide vnto Abraham, Cast out this bond woman and her sonne: for ye sonne of this bonde woman shall not be heire with my sonne Izhak.

  • 21Tell me, ye that will be vnder the Law, doe ye not heare the Lawe?

  • Gen 21:12-13
    2 verses
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    12But God said vnto Abraham, Let it not be grieuous in thy sight for the childe, and for thy bonde woman: in all that Sarah shall say vnto thee, heare her voyce: for in Izhak shall thy seede be called.

    13As for the sonne of the bond woman, I will make him a nation also, because he is thy seede.

  • 16Therefore it is by faith, that it might come by grace, and the promise might be sure to all the seede, not to that onely which is of the Lawe: but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of vs all,

  • 12Nowe these are the generations of Ishmael Abrahams sonne, whome Hagar the Egyptian Sarahs handmayde bare vnto Abraham.

  • 28The sonnes of Abraham were Izhak, and Ishmael.

  • Rom 4:1-2
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    1What shal we say then, that Abraham our father hath found concerning the flesh?

    2For if Abraham were iustified by workes, he hath wherein to reioyce, but not with God.

  • 18(To whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seede be called.)

  • Gal 4:1-5
    5 verses
    72%

    1Then I say, that the heire as long as hee is a childe, differeth nothing fro a seruant, though he be Lord of all,

    2But is vnder tutours and gouernours, vntil the time appointed of the Father.

    3Euen so, we when wee were children, were in bondage vnder the rudiments of the world.

    4But when the fulnesse of time was come, God sent forth his Sonne made of a woman, and made vnder the Lawe,

    5That hee might redeeme them which were vnder the Law, that we might receiue the adoption of the sonnes.

  • 7Knowe ye therefore, that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

  • 18For if the inheritance be of the Lawe, it is no more by the promise, but God gaue it freely vnto Abraham by promise.

  • Rom 9:7-10
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    7Neither are they all children, because they are the seede of Abraham: but, In Isaac shall thy seede be called:

    8That is, they which are the children of the flesh, are not the children of God: but the children of the promes, are counted for the seede.

    9For this is a worde of promes, In this same time wil I come, and Sara shall haue a sonne.

    10Neither he onely felt this, but also Rebecca when shee had conceiued by one, euen by our father Isaac.

  • 7Wherefore, thou art no more a seruant, but a sonne: now if thou be a sone, thou art also the heire of God through Christ.

  • 2For Sarah conceiued, and bare Abraham a sonne in his olde age, at the same season that God tolde him.

  • Gen 16:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1Nowe Sarai Abrams wife bare him no children, and she had a maide an Egyptian, Hagar by name.

    2And Sarai said vnto Abram, Beholde now, the Lorde hath restrained me from childe bearing. I pray thee goe in vnto my maide: it may be that I shall receiue a childe by her; Abram obeyed the voyce of Sarai.

  • 34And Abraham begate Izhak: the sonnes of Izhak, Esau, and Israel.

  • 13For the promise that he should be the heire of the worlde, was not giuen to Abraham, or to his seede, through the Lawe, but through the righteousnesse of faith.

  • 12It was said vnto her, The elder shal serue the yonger.

  • 24Therefore when her time of deliuerance was fulfilled, behold, twinnes were in her wombe.

  • 6Then Abram saide to Sarai, Beholde, thy maide is in thine hand: doe with her as it pleaseth thee. Then Sarai dealt roughly with her: wherefore she fled from her.

  • 29And if ye be Christes, then are ye Abrahams seede, and heires by promes.

  • 4And he went in vnto Hagar, & she conceiued; when she sawe that she had conceiued, her dame was despised in her eyes.

  • Gal 3:15-16
    2 verses
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    15Brethren, I speake as men do: though it be but a mans couenant, when it is confirmed, yet no man doeth abrogate it, or addeth any thing thereto.

    16Nowe to Abraham and his seede were the promises made. Hee saith not, And to the seedes, as speaking of many: but, And to thy seede, as of one, which is Christ.

  • 13Then he saide to Abram, Knowe for a suretie, that thy seede shalbe a stranger in a land, that is not theirs, foure hundreth yeeres, and shall serue them: & they shall intreate them euill.

  • 23Then Abraham tooke Ishmael his sonne and all that were borne in his house, and all that was bought with his money, that is, euery man childe among the men of Abrahams house, and he circumcised the foreskinne of their flesh in that selfe same day, as God had comaunded him.

  • 6But God spake thus, that his seede should be a soiourner in a strange land: and that they should keepe it in bondage, and entreate it euill foure hundreth yeeres.

  • 4Then beholde, the worde of the Lorde came vnto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heire, but one that shall come out of thine owne bowels, he shalbe thine heire.

  • 15And Hagar bare Abram a sonne, and Abram called his sonnes name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.