^{26 Ref} and the Jerusalem above is the free-woman, which is mother of us all,

^{27 Ref} for it hath been written, `Rejoice, O barren, who art not bearing; break forth and cry, thou who art not travailing, because many `are' the children of the desolate -- more than of her having the husband.'

^{28 Ref} And we, brethren, as Isaac, are children of promise,

^{29 Ref} but as then he who was born according to the flesh did persecute him according to the spirit, so also now;