22for it hath been written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the maid-servant, and one by the free-woman,
23but he who [is] of the maid-servant, according to flesh hath been, and he who [is] of the free-woman, through the promise;
24which things are allegorized, for these are the two covenants: one, indeed, from mount Sinai, to servitude bringing forth, which is Hagar;
25for this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and doth correspond to the Jerusalem that now [is], and is in servitude with her children,
26and the Jerusalem above is the free-woman, which is mother of us all,
27for 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.`
28And we, brethren, as Isaac, are children of promise,
