Romans 9:13
So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
In Context
12not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”
14What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!
Cross References
Genesis 29:31When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
Deuteronomy 21:15If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son,
Malachi 1:2“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,
Luke 14:26“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—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 →