Romans 9:11-16 (the children, indeed, having not yet been born, and having done neither good nor evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calls,)

Anderson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹¹ (the children, indeed, having not yet been born, and having done neither good nor evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calls,) ¹² it was said to her: The elder shall serve the younger; ¹³ as it is written: Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. ¹⁴ What, then, shall we say? Is there unrighteousness with. God? It can not be. ¹⁵ For he says to Moses: I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy; and I will show compassion to whom I will show compassion. ¹⁶ Therefore, it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy.