For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
Translate, 'For this word х to (G3588)], Hagar, is (imports) mount Sinai in Arabia' (i:e., among the Arabians-in the Arabian tongue). Haurat, the traveler, says that to this day the Arabians call Sinai, 'Hadschar' - i:e., Hagar, 'stone.' Usually called Dschebel Musa. Hagar twice fled into Arabia (Genesis 16:1-16; Genesis 21:1-34): from her the mountain and city took its name, and the people were called Hagarenes. So A B Delta f. But 'Aleph (') C G read to gar Sina. 'for Sinai is in Arabia' (the home of Hagar's children), instead of Agar Sina. Then "the one" (covenant) is nominative to "answereth to." Sinai, with its rugged rocks, far removed from the promised had, well represents the law, which inspires terror and the spirit of bondage.
And - moreover х de (G1161)].
Answereth, х sustoichei (G4960)] - 'stands in the same rank with,' 'corresponds to,' etc.
Jerusalem which now is - i:e., the Jerusalem of the Jews, having only a present temporary existence, in contrast with the spiritual Jerusalem of the Gospel, which in germ, under the form of the promise, existed ages before, and shall be forever.
And. A B C Delta G 'Aleph (') read 'for she is in bondage.' As Hagar was in bondage to her mistress, so Jerusalem that now is, is in bondage to the law, also to the Romans; her civil state corresponding to her spiritual.