Romans 9:13
11 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
- KJV
- As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
- WEB
- Even as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
- ASV
- Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.
- DARBY
- according as it is written, I have loved Jacob, and I have hated Esau.
- BLB
- As it has been written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
- ÅB
- som det står skrevet: «Jakob elsket jeg, men Esau hatet jeg».
- OTB
- Som det er uttrykt i Skriftene: «Jakob elsket jeg, men Esau hadde jeg ikke velbehag i.»
- B1930
- som skrevet er: Jakob elsket jeg, men Esau hatet jeg.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Malachi 1:2–3
I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
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