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NASB | Romans 9:13 Just as it is written, "JACOB I LOVED, BUT ESAU I HATED." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 9:13 As it is written and forever remains written, "JACOB I LOVED (chose, protected, blessed), BUT ESAU I HATED (held in disregard compared to Jacob)." [Mal 1:2, 3] |
Bible Question: Why does God choose to love Jocob and reject Esau? |
Bible Answer: The Bible doesn't say that God rejected Esau. For God doesn't reject any one we reject Him. Also my belief is that verse where it says Esau I hated....I believe He is talking about the nations of Esau as a whole. Not as an individual person. With that being said you read the account of Jacob and essua you will see that Esau was a worldly person not a spiritual person. He gave up his Birth right for a fleshly thing. (Food) It also hints at the fact that the blessing that Esua didn't care if the "seed" or Messiah came from his line or not. |