2 “I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,
Malachi 1:2
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Romans 9:12–14
12 not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.” 13 So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” 14 What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!
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Book of Jubilees 19:18–20
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Book of Jubilees 19:14–16
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Isaiah 41:7–9
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Deuteronomy 10:14–16
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Genesis 25:27–29
27 When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home. 28 Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob. 29 One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in f…
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