Romans 9:13
Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.
ASV Byzantine Text
In The King James Version
As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
In Context
12it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
14What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
Cross References
Genesis 29:31And Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
Deuteronomy 21:15If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated;
Malachi 1:2I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob;
Luke 14:26If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and 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 →