Romans 9:11-15 (they, indeed, not being yet born; neither having done any good or evil; that the purpose of God might stand, by an election; not on account of works, but of him who calls:)

Living_Oracles⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹¹ (they, indeed, not being yet born; neither having done any good or evil; that the purpose of God might stand, by an election; not on account of works, but of him who calls:) ¹² it was said to her, "The elder shall serve the younger"; ¹³ as it is written, "Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have slighted." ¹⁴ What shall we, then, say? Is there not injustice with God? ¹⁵ By no means. For he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy; and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion."