KJV ORIGINAL
Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
This whole story is actually a metaphor: these women represent two different agreements God made with people. One comes from Mount Sinai and leads to slavery — that's what Hagar represents.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Sometimes the Bible uses stories as symbols to teach us deeper truths about freedom vs. being trapped.
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