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12 For even before the twins were born, and therefore had not done anything good or bad, Rebecca was told [Gen. 25:23], “The older one [i.e., Esau] will serve the younger one [i.e., Jacob].” This was so that God’s purpose of choosing and calling [whomever He wanted to] might prevail, instead of [it depending on] what a person did.
13 Just as it is written [Mal. 1:2-3], “I [i.e., God] loved Jacob, but hated Esau.”
14 What shall we say then? Is God guilty of wrongdoing? Certainly not!
15 For He said to Moses [Ex. 33:19], “I will show pity to whomever I want, and I will show mercy to whomever I want.”
16 So then, it does not depend on what a person wants or does, but on God, who shows pity [i.e., to whomever He wants].