Galatians 4:22

Plain English Version

You see, God says in his book that Abraham had 2 sons. The mother of one son was Hagar. She was a worker. She was like a prisoner, and she had to work all the time for Sarah, Abraham’s wife, and she got no pay. But Sarah was the mother of the other son. She was always a free woman.

Cross References

Genesis 16:15

Soon after that, Hagar had a baby boy, and Abram named him Ishmael.

Genesis 21:10

Then Sarah said to Abraham, “When you die, my son Isaac has to get all your things. I don’t want Ishmael to get anything, he is just the son of a worker woman. So you have to tell that woman and her son to get out of our camp. Send them right away from here.”

Galatians 4:23

The 1st son was born after Abraham and Sarah talked about it, and then Abraham and the worker got together, and after that she had a son. But it was not God’s idea. That 1st son came from the woman that was like a prisoner. But the 2nd son came after God promised to give Sarah a son. That 2nd son came from the free woman.

Galatians 4:30

But God’s book says this about Hagar and Ishmael, “Chuck out the working woman and her son. That working woman’s son will never get what God promised to the free woman’s son.”

Galatians 4:31

So I’m telling you, my friends, we are like the free woman’s kids. We are not like kids of the woman that had to work all the time like a prisoner.