Gen 29:30-31, Deu 21:15-17, Mal 1:2-3 | ESV | STEP | So Jacob went in to Rachel also , and he loved Rachel more than Leah , and served Laban for another seven years .

Genesis 29:30-31

30 So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served Laban ^afor another seven years.

Jacob’s Children

31 When the Lord saw that Leah was ^bhated, ^che opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

Deuteronomy 21:15-17

Inheritance Rights of the Firstborn

15 “If a man has two wives, ^dthe one loved and the other unloved, and both the loved and the unloved have borne him children, and if the firstborn son belongs to the unloved, ^{▼▼Or hated; also verses 16, 17} 16 then on the day when ^fhe assigns his possessions as an inheritance to his sons, he may not treat the son of the loved as the firstborn in preference to the son of the unloved, who is the firstborn, 17 but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is ^gthe firstfruits of his strength. ^hThe right of the firstborn is his.

Malachi 1:2-3

The Lord’s Love for Israel

2 ⁱ“I have loved you,” says the Lord. ^jBut you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau ^kJacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet ^lI have loved Jacob 3 but Esau I have hated. ^mI have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert.”