15 and made an everlasting covenant with him, promising him that you would never forsake his descendants. To him, you gave Isaac, and to Isaac you gave Jacob and Esau. (WEB) 16 You set apart Jacob for yourself, but rejected Esau. Jacob became a great multitude. (WEB) 17 It came to pass that when you led his descendants out of Egypt, you brought them up to Mount Sinai. (WEB)
2 Esdras 3:15–17
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