Romans 9:13
according as it is written, I have loved Jacob, and I have hated Esau.
Darby Translation
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 greater shall serve the less:
14What shall we say then? [Is there] unrighteousness with God? Far be the thought.
Cross References
Genesis 29:31And when Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
Deuteronomy 21:15If a man have two wives, one beloved, and one hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated, and the firstborn son be hers that was hated;
Malachi 1:2I have loved you, saith Jehovah; but ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith Jehovah, and I loved Jacob,
Luke 14:26If any man come to me, and shall not hate his own father and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life too, 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 →