^11-12 (A)But in order that the choice of one son might be completely the result of God's own purpose, God said to her, “The older will serve the younger.” He said this before they were born, before they had done anything either good or bad; so God's choice was based on his call, and not on anything they had done. ^13 (B)As the scripture says, “I loved Jacob, but I hated Esau.”

¹⁴ Shall we say, then, that God is unjust? Not at all.