Geneva(i)
11 For yer the children were borne, and when they had neither done good, nor euill (that the purpose of God might remaine according to election, not by workes, but by him that calleth)
12 It was said vnto her, The elder shall serue the yonger.
13 As it is written, I haue loued Iacob, and haue hated Esau.
14 What shall wee say then? Is there vnrighteousnes with God? God forbid.
15 For he saith to Moses, I wil haue mercy on him, to whom I wil shew mercie: and wil haue compassion on him, on who I wil haue copassion.
16 So then it is not in him that willeth, nor in him that runneth, but in God that sheweth mercy.
17 For the Scripture saith vnto Pharao, For this same purpose haue I stirred thee vp, that I might shewe my power in thee, and that my Name might be declared throughout al the earth.
18 Therefore he hath mercie on whome he will, and whom he will, he hardeneth.
19 Thou wilt say then vnto me, Why doeth he yet complaine? for who hath resisted his will?
20 But, O man, who art thou which pleadest against God? shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
21 Hath not the potter power of the clay to make of the same lumpe one vessell to honour, and another vnto dishonour?
22 What and if God would, to shewe his wrath, and to make his power knowen, suffer with long patience the vessels of wrath, prepared to destruction?
23 And that hee might declare the riches of his glory vpon the vessels of mercy, which hee hath prepared vnto glory?