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Source language
Original Greek   
γέγραπται γὰρ ὅτι Ἀβραὰμ δύο υἱοὺς ἔσχεν, ἕνα ἐκ τῆς παιδίσκης καὶ ἕνα ἐκ τῆς ἐλευθέρας·
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
gegraptai gar oti Abraam duo uious eskhen, ena ek tes paidiskes kai ena ek tes eleutheras*

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
scriptum est enim quoniam Abraham duos filios habuit unum de ancilla et unum de libera

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a female slave, the other by a free woman.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a free woman.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
Authorized (King James) Version   
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
New King James Version   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman.
21st Century King James Version   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the freewoman.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
For it is written: “Abraham had two sons, one from a Maidservant and one from a Freewoman.”
Darby Bible Translation   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons; one of the maid servant, and one of the free woman.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, and the other by a free woman.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the freewoman.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and one by a free woman.
God's Word   
Scripture says that Abraham had two sons, one by a woman who was a slave and the other by a free woman.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave and the other by a free woman.
International Standard Version   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and the other by a free woman.
NET Bible   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
New American Standard Bible   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the bondwoman and one by the free woman.
New International Version   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
New Living Translation   
The Scriptures say that Abraham had two sons, one from his slave wife and one from his freeborn wife.
Webster's Bible Translation   
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons; the one by a bond-maid, the other by a free-woman.
Weymouth New Testament   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave-girl and one by the free woman.
The World English Bible   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the free woman.
EasyEnglish Bible   
The Bible says that Abraham had two sons. The mother of one of them was a slave. The mother of the other son was a free woman.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
for it hath been written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the maid-servant, and one by the free-woman,
New Life Version   
The Holy Writings say that Abraham had two sons. One was born from a woman servant (Hagar) who was owned by someone. She had to do what she was told. The other son was born from a woman (Sarah) who was free to work and live as she desired.
Revised Geneva Translation   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons: one by a servant and one by a free woman.
The Voice Bible   
it’s recorded in the Scripture that Abraham was the father of two sons. One son was born to a slave woman, Hagar, and the other son was born to a free woman, Abraham’s wife, Sarah.
Living Bible   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one from his slave-wife and one from his freeborn wife.
New Catholic Bible   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and one by a free woman.
Legacy Standard Bible   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant-woman and one by the free woman.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
Christian Standard Bible   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave and the other by a free woman.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the bondmaid and one by the free woman.
New Century Version   
The Scriptures say that Abraham had two sons. The mother of one son was a slave woman, and the mother of the other son was a free woman.
The Message   
Tell me now, you who have become so enamored with the law: Have you paid close attention to that law? Abraham, remember, had two sons: one by the slave woman and one by the free woman. The son of the slave woman was born by human plotting; the son of the free woman was born by God’s promise. This illustrates the very thing we are dealing with now. The two births represent two ways of being in relationship with God. One is from Mount Sinai in Arabia. It corresponds with what is now going on in Jerusalem—a slave life, producing slaves as offspring. This is the way of Hagar. In contrast to that, there is an invisible Jerusalem, a free Jerusalem, and she is our mother—this is the way of Sarah. Remember what Isaiah wrote: Rejoice, barren woman who bears no children, shout and cry out, woman who has no birth pangs, Because the children of the barren woman now surpass the children of the chosen woman. Isn’t it clear, friends, that you, like Isaac, are children of promise? In the days of Hagar and Sarah, the child who came from faithless plotting (Ishmael) harassed the child who came—empowered by the Spirit—from the faithful promise (Isaac). Isn’t it clear that the harassment you are now experiencing from the Jerusalem heretics follows that old pattern? There is a Scripture that tells us what to do: “Expel the slave mother with her son, for the slave son will not inherit with the free son.” Isn’t that conclusive? We are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman, and one by the free woman.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and one by the free woman.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and the other by a free woman.
New Matthew Bible   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a free woman.
Good News Translation®   
It says that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman, the other by a free woman.
Wycliffe Bible   
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one of a servant, and one of a free woman [one of the handmaiden, and one of the free wife].
New Testament for Everyone   
For the Bible says that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave-girl and one by the free woman.
Contemporary English Version   
In the Scriptures we learn that Abraham had two sons. The mother of one of them was a slave, while the mother of the other one had always been free.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave and one by a free woman.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
It is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave and the other by the free woman. The child of the slave was born in the ordinary course of nature, but the child of the free woman was born in accordance with God’s promise. This can be regarded as an allegory. Here are the two agreements represented by the two women: the one from Mount Sinai bearing children into slavery, typified by Hagar (Mount Sinai being in Arabia, the land of the descendants of Ishmael, Hagar’s son), and corresponding to present-day Jerusalem—for the Jews are still, spiritually speaking, “slaves”. But the free woman typifies the heavenly Jerusalem, which is the mother of us all, and is spiritually “free”. It is written: ‘Rejoice, O barren, you who do not bear! Break forth and shout, you who do not travail! For the desolate has many more children than she who has a husband.’
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by an enslaved woman and the other by a free woman.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and the other by a free woman.
Common English Bible © 2011   
It’s written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and one by the free woman.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman [Hagar] and one by the free woman [Sarah].
English Standard Version Anglicised   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and one by a free woman.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the freeborn woman.
New American Standard Bible   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and one by the free woman.
The Expanded Bible   
[L For] The Scriptures say that Abraham had two sons. The mother of one son was a slave woman, and the mother of the other son was a free woman.
Tree of Life Version   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and one by the free woman.
Revised Standard Version   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave and one by a free woman.
New International Reader's Version   
It is written that Abraham had two sons. The slave woman gave birth to one of them. The free woman gave birth to the other one.
BRG Bible   
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
Complete Jewish Bible   
It says that Avraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and one by the free woman.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
The holy writings say that Abraham had two sons. One was the son of the slave woman. The other one was the son of the free woman.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and the other by a free woman.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
For the Torah says that Avraham Avinu had shnei banim (two sons), one of shifchah (the slave woman) and one of the gevirah.
Names of God Bible   
Scripture says that Abraham had two sons, one by a woman who was a slave and the other by a free woman.
Modern English Version   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, the one by a slave woman, the other by a free woman.
Easy-to-Read Version   
The Scriptures say that Abraham had two sons. The mother of one son was a slave woman, and the mother of the other son was a free woman.
International Children’s Bible   
The Scriptures say that Abraham had two sons. The mother of one son was a slave woman. The mother of the other son was a free woman.
Lexham English Bible   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the female slave and one by the free woman.
New International Version - UK   
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
For it has been written that Abraham had two sons— one by the slave-woman and one by the free woman.