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Galatians 4:30

Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.

KJV

ἀλλὰ τί λέγει ἡ γραφή; ἔκβαλε τὴν παιδίσκην καὶ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς, οὐ γὰρ μὴ κληρονομήσει ὁ υἱὸς τῆς παιδίσκης μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ τῆς ἐλευθέρας.

Greek NT

Sed quid dicit Scriptura ? Ejice ancillam, et filium ejus : non enim hæres erit filius ancillæ cum filio liberæ.

Vulgate

Howbeit what saith the scripture? Cast out the handmaid and her son: for the son of the handmaid shall not inherit with the son of the freewoman.

ASV

But what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the free woman.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
γραφή
graphe
noun · 50×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κληρονομέω
kleronomeo
verb · 18×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
παιδίσκη
paidiske
noun · 13×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἐκβάλλω
ekballo
verb · 80×
ἐλεύθερος
eleutheros
adjective · 23×
o
article · 19778×

Intertextual echoes

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

  • Gen 21:10 · adapted
    "Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac."
    Genesis: cast out the bondwoman — Paul adapts for law/grace allegory

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: κληρονομήσει | WH/Treg/NIV: κληρονομήσει | RP: κληρονομήσῃ
  • κληρονομήσειSBLGNT
  • κληρονομήσειWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • κληρονομήσῃRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Chapter 1. Summary of the Foregoing Books, and Scope of that Which Follows. I. The man who fears God seeks diligently in Holy Scripture for a knowledge of His will. And when he has become meek through piety, so as to have no love of strife; when furnished also with a knowledge of languages, so as not to be stopped by unknown words and forms of speech, and with the knowledge of …

Cross-references

  • Gen 21:10 — Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
  • John 8:35 — And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
  • John 8:35 — And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
  • Rom 8:15 — For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
  • Rom 9:17 — For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.