23His son by the slave woman was born in the ordinary way; but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a promise.


In Context

20 how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you!

21 Tell me, you who want to be under the law, are you not aware of what the law says?

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

23 His son by the slave woman was born in the ordinary way; but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a promise.

24 These things may be taken figuratively, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves: This is Hagar.

25 Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.

Galatians 4:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:23But he [who was] of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman [was] by promise.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:23But he who was of the bondwoman, was born according to the flesh: but he of the free woman, was by promise.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:23Howbeit the'son by the handmaid is born after the flesh; but the'son by the freewoman is born through promise.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:23But he that was of the maid servant was born according to flesh, and he that was of the free woman through the promise.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:23Howbeit the son by the handmaid is born after the flesh; but the son by the freewoman is born through promise.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:23But he who was of the bond-woman, was born according to the flesh; but he of the free-woman was by promise.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:23However, the son by the handmaid was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:23but he who is of the maid-servant, according to flesh hath been, and he who is of the free-woman, through the promise;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:23But he who was of the female slave was born after the flesh; but he of the free woman was by promise.