I was so stubborn to have insisted on studying verse by verse and thus neglected to address the controversial verses which are the heart of the problem with Galatians. So I'm going to jump to those.
Galatians 4:21-31
4:23 ...but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a promise.
The promise was made to Abraham: Genesis 15:13-14...Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years. But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions.
Then reconfirmed with Isaac: Genesis 26:3-5....for to you and your descendants I will give all these lands and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham. I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because Abraham obeyed me and kept my requirements, my commands, my decrees and my laws.
Then reconfirmed again with Jacob: Genesis 28:13-15 I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying. Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.
And again with the Israelites after fulfilling in part what He promised Abraham: Exodus 19:4-6 You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation...
Note the similarity of the terms made with Abrahams: Genesis 17:1-2 ...I am God Almighty; walk before me and be blameless. I will confirm my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers.
One would notice there is a catch to His promise i.e. to obey Him fully i.e. walk before Him and be blameless.
They were to obey His words i.e. what we called the ten commandments in Exodus 20:1-17. And that's Sarah's son i.e. obedience to the promise.
And various laws were given, such as temple worship and animal sacrifices, such as laws to elaborate and to protect the people from offending the ten commandments, such as laws to separate the people from surrounding nations. To observe these laws, without understanding of the ten commandments and the promise that comes with, is like Hagar's son i.e. mere works with no understanding of the promise.
Galatians 3:21 Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly come by the law.
To continue if God willing.