Albert Barnes on Galatians 4:22
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Galatians4:22
For it is written. Gen 16, Gen 21.
Abraham had two sons. Ishmael and Isaac. Abraham subsequently had several sons by Keturah, after the death of Sarah, Gen 25:1-6. But the two sons by Hagar and Sarah were the most prominent, and the events of their lives furnished the particular illustration which Paul desired.
The one by a bond-maid. Ishmael, the son of Hagar. Hagar was an Egyptian slave, whom Sarah gave to Abraham in order that he might not be wholly without posterity, Gen 16:3.
The other by a free-woman. Isaac, the son of Sarah, Gen 21:1,2.
(c) "one by a bond-maid" Gen 16:15 (d) "the other" Gen 21:1,2
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