Romans 9:13
It is just as had been written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 then will we say? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be.
Cross References
Genesis 29:31Yahweh saw that Leah was not loved, so he opened her womb, but Rachel was childless.
Deuteronomy 21:15If a man has two wives and one is loved and the other is hated, and they have both borne him children—both the beloved wife and the hated wife—if the firstborn son is of her that is hated,
Malachi 1:2“I have loved you,” says Yahweh. But you say, “How have you loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob's brother?” declares Yahweh. “Yet I have loved Jacob,
Luke 14:26“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers and sisters, and 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 →