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


In Context

19 My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you—

20 but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.

21 Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, don't you listen to the law?

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

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

24 These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which is Hagar.

Galatians 4:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:22For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:22For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, and the other by a free woman.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:22For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the freewoman.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:22For it is written that Abraham had two sons; one of the maid servant, and one of the free woman.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:22For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the freewoman.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:22For it is written, that Abraham had two sons; the one by a bond-maid, the other by a free-woman.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:22for it hath been written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the maid-servant, and one by the free-woman,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:22For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a female slave, the other by a free woman.