aCited from Gen. 25:23
bCited from Mal. 1:2, 3

Romans 9:12-13

12she was told, a“The older will serve the younger.” 13As it is written, bJacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

Romans 9:16

16So then it depends not on human will or exertion,
Greek  not of him who wills or runs
but on God, who has mercy.
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