Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from mount Sinai, which brings forth to bondage, which is Hagar.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
For these women, he says, are two covenants; one from mount Sinai, bearing children unto bondage, which is Hagar.
These: who? The mothers of those children, Sarah and Hagar; and what are they? Two covenants, two laws. As the names of the women were given in the history, he abides by this designation of the two races, showing how much follows from the very names. How from the names?
