"Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage,…" — Galatians 4:24

Galatians 4:24 · KJV

“Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. {covenants: or, testaments} {Sinai: Gr. Sina}”

— Galatians 4:24

Verse 23

But he {who was} of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman {was} by promise.

Verse 25

For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. {answereth to: or, is in the same rank with}

Galatians 4 — Context

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

But he {who was} of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman {was} by promise.

Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. {covenants: or, testaments} {Sinai: Gr. Sina}

For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. {answereth to: or, is in the same rank with}

But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

Cross References

Genesis 21:9-13

And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.

Hosea 11:10

They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.

Genesis 16:8

And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.

1 Corinthians 10:11

Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. {ensamples: or, types}

Genesis 25:12

Now these {are} the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:

Hebrews 12:24

And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than {that of} Abel. {covenant: or, testament}

Hebrews 10:15-18

{Whereof} the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,

Matthew 13:35

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.