Romans 9:13
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As it is written: Jacob I have loved: but Esau I have hated.

Jacob.

Malachi 1:2,3 I have loved you, saith the Lord: and you have said: Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau brother to Jacob, saith the Lord, and I have loved Jacob, . . .

hated.

Genesis 29:31,33 And the Lord seeing that he despised Lia, opened her womb, but her sister remained barren. . . .

Deuteronomy 21:15 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and the other hated, and they have had children by him, and the son of the hated be the firstborn,

Proverbs 13:24 He that spareth the rod, hateth his son: but he that loveth him, correcteth him betimes.

Matthew 10:37 He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.

Luke 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father and mother and wife and children and brethren and sisters, yea and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

John 12:25 Itself remaineth alone. But if it die it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his life shall lose it and he that hateth his life in this world keepeth it unto life eternal.

Context
God's Sovereign Choice
12Not of works, but of him that calleth, it was said to her: The elder shall serve the younger. 13As it is written: Jacob I have loved: but Esau I have hated. 14What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? God forbid!…
Cross References
Malachi 1:2
I have loved you, saith the Lord: and you have said: Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau brother to Jacob, saith the Lord, and I have loved Jacob,

Mark 12:10
And have you not read this scripture, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is made the head of the corner:

Lexicon
So
καθὼς (kathōs)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2531: According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that.

it is written:
γέγραπται (gegraptai)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1125: A primary verb; to 'grave', especially to write; figuratively, to describe.

“Jacob
Ἰακὼβ (Iakōb)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2384: Of Hebrew origin; Jacob, the progenitor of the Israelites.

I loved,
ἠγάπησα (ēgapēsa)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 25: To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love.

but
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

Esau
Ἠσαῦ (Ēsau)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2269: Esau, elder son of Isaac the patriarch, brother of Jacob. Of Hebrew origin; Esau, an Edomite.

I hated.”
ἐμίσησα (emisēsa)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3404: To hate, detest, love less, esteem less. From a primary misos; to detest; by extension, to love less.


Additional Translations
So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

As it has been written: "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."

As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.

according as it is written, I have loved Jacob, and I have hated Esau.

Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.

As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

This agrees with the other Scripture which says, "Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated."

Even as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."

according as it hath been written, 'Jacob I did love, and Esau I did hate.'
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