“At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.”
Galatians 4:29
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Connection with Ishmael and Isaac
Paul looks back to Genesis 21:9, where Ishmael laughed at the young Isaac. The Hebrew verb there can mean mocking or playing. Paul read it as hostility: "the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit."
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