23. The son of the slave wife was born in a human attempt to bring about the fulfillment of God’s promise. But the son of the freeborn wife was born as God’s own fulfillment of his promise.
24. These two women serve as an illustration of God’s two covenants. The first woman, Hagar, represents Mount Sinai where people received the law that enslaved them.
25. And now Jerusalem is just like Mount Sinai in Arabia, because she and her children live in slavery to the law.
26. But the other woman, Sarah, represents the heavenly Jerusalem. She is the free woman, and she is our mother.