Romans 9:13
as it is written, I loved Jacob, but I hated Esau.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
In Context
12it was said to him [or it is said to her], That the more should serve the less,
14What therefore shall we say? Whether wickedness be with God? God forbid.
Cross References
Genesis 29:31Forsooth the Lord saw that Jacob despised Leah, that is, (that he) loved her less than Rachel, and (so) he opened Leah’s womb, while her sister dwelled barren.
Deuteronomy 21:15If a man hath two wives, one loved, and another hateful, and he begetteth of her free children, and the son of the odious wife is the first begotten, (If a man hath two wives, one loved, and the other hated, and he begetteth children with them, and the son of the hated wife is the first-born,)
Malachi 1:2I loved you, saith the Lord, and ye said, In what thing lovedest thou us? Whether Esau was not the brother of Jacob, saith the Lord, and I loved Jacob, (I loved you, saith the Lord, and ye said, How hast thou loved us? or How hast thou shown that thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother, saith the Lord, and I loved Jacob,)
Luke 14:26If any man cometh to me, and hateth not his father, and mother, and wife, and sons, and brethren, and sisters or sistren, and yet his own life, he may not be my disciple (or 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 →