²³ His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a divine promise.

²³ The son of the slave wife was born in a human attempt to bring about the fulfillment of God's promise. But the son of the freeborn wife was born as God's own fulfillment of his promise.

²³ But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise,