Romans 9:13 (WEB)
Even as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
Fathers and councils · 10
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people are in thy body; and the one people shall overcome the other, and the elder shall serve the younger.”” — editor's note: Rom. ix. 10–13; Gen. xxv. 23.
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Tertullian
“For thus unto Rebecca did God speak: “Two nations are in thy womb, and two peoples shall be divided from thy bowels; and people shall overcome people, and the greater shall serve the less.”” — editor's note: See Gen. xxv. 21–23, especially in the LXX.; and comp. Rom. ix. 10–13.
Read the whole comment“…Christian with the elder, and the Jew with the younger son, “according to the analogy of faith,” if the order of each people as intimated from Rebecca’s womb permitted the inversion: only that (in that case) the concluding paragraph would oppose them; for it will be fitting for the Christian to rejoice, and not to…” — editor's note: Comp. Rom. ix. 10–13; Gen. xxv. 21–24.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For whence when Rebecca was yet pregnant, and in womb was bearing twins, was it said, “Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated”?” — editor's note: Mal. i. 2; Rom. ix. 13.
Read the whole comment“Let us therefore here recognize the two nations, who were striving even in Rebecca’s womb; when it was said to her, not from works, but of Him that calleth, “The elder shall serve the younger.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxv. 22, 23; Rom. ix. 12, 13.
Read the whole comment“Edom is the same who is also called Esau: for ye heard just now the words of the Apostle read, “Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.”…Esau then signifieth all the carnal, Jacob all the spiritual.…All carnal persons are enemies to spiritual persons, for all such, desiring present things,…” — editor's note: Rom. ix. 13.
Read the whole comment“The Apostle Paul would have us understand this as a great instance of grace; for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, the younger is chosen without any good desert and the elder is rejected, when beyond…” — editor's note: Rom. ix. 10–13.
Read the whole comment“And in reference to this matter he quotes another prophetic testimony: “Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.”” — editor's note: Rom. ix. 13; Mal. i. 2, 3
Read the whole comment“Thou hast the Scripture openly declaring by the voice of God, “Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.”” — editor's note: Mal. i. 3; Rom. ix. 13.
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Jerome
“Bring a yet graver charge against God and ask Him why, when Esau and Jacob were still in the womb, He said: “Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.”” — editor's note: Mal. i. 2, 3; Rom. ix. 13.
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Cross-references · 16
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 98.
Cited together in The City of God XVI.35.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 98.
Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 137.
Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 137.
Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 137.
Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 137.
Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 137.
Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 137.
Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 137.
Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 137.
Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 137.
Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 137.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 98.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 98.