Romans 9:13
As it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I regarded inferior.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
In Context
12it was said to her, The older will serve the younger.
14What will we say then? Is there injustice from God? May it not happen!
Cross References
Genesis 29:31And LORD saw that Leah was regarded inferior, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
Deuteronomy 21:15If a man has two wives, the one beloved, and the other regarded inferior, and they have borne him sons, both the beloved and the one regarded inferior, and if the first-born son be hers who was regarded inferior,
Malachi 1:2I have loved you, says LORD. Yet ye say, How have thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother, says LORD. Yet I loved Jacob,
Luke 14:26If any man comes to me, and does not regard as inferior his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and besides his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Matthew Henry on Romans 9:7-14
The Divine Sovereignty. ( a. d. 58.) 6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: 7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. 8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed. 9 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son. 10 And not only this; but when… Read the whole commentary →