11 though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of (A)him who calls— 12 she was told, (B)“The older will serve the younger.” 13 As it is written, (C)“Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

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