Romans 9:13
As it is written: Jacob have I loved, and Esau have I hated.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
In Context
12For it was said: The elder shall be servant to the younger.
14What shall we say then? Is there iniquity with God? Far be it.
Cross References
Luke 14:26He that cometh to me, and hateth not his father and his mother, and his brothers and his sisters, and his wife and his children, and his own life also, cannot become a disciple to me.
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 →