Romans 9:13
Even as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
World English 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 elder will serve the younger.”
14What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!
Cross References
Genesis 29:31The LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
Deuteronomy 21:15If a man has 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 is hers who was hated,
Malachi 1:2“I have loved you,” says the LORD. Yet you say, “How have you loved us?” “Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” says the LORD, “Yet I loved Jacob;
Luke 14:26“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t 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 →