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Gal_4:22. Γάρ ] now gives the explanation of and warrant for that question, by citing the history, narrated in the law, of Ishmael and Isaac, the two sons of the ancestor of the theocratic people. See Gen_16:15 f., Gen_21:2 f.
ἐκ τῆς παιδίσκης ] by the (well-known) bondswoman, Hagar. See Gen_16:3. As to the word itself (which might also denote a free maiden), see Wetstein, I. p. 526 f.; Lobeck, ad Phryn. p. 259 f.
ἐκ τῆς ἐλευθ .] Sarah.