I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything,
But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.
But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, while the son of the free woman was born through promise.
And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh, that I may make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell,
Then he brought out the king's son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony. And they proclaimed him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, “Long live the king!”
And Jehoash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all his days, because Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, to the rulers of the city, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying, “Now then, as soon as this letter comes to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, fortified cities also, and weapons,
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