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

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

^{25 Ref} For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children.