Romans 9:13
according as it hath been written, 'Jacob I did love, and Esau I did hate.'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
In Context
12'The greater shall serve the less;'
14What, then, shall we say? unrighteousness [is] with God? let it not be!
Cross References
Genesis 29:31And Jehovah seeth that Leah [is] the hated one, and He openeth her womb, and Rachel [is] barren;
Deuteronomy 21:15'When a man hath two wives, the one loved and the other hated, and they have borne to him sons (the loved one and the hated one), and the first-born son hath been to the hated one;
Malachi 1:2I have loved you, said Jehovah, And ye have said, 'In what hast Thou loved us?'
Luke 14:26'If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to 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 →