Romans 9:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Even as it is said, I had love for Jacob, but for Esau I had hate.

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  • Mal 1:2-3 : 2 You have been loved by me, says the Lord. But you say, Where was your love for us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the Lord: but Jacob was loved by me, 3 And Esau was hated, and I sent destruction on his mountains, and gave his heritage to the beasts of the waste land.
  • Gen 29:31 : 31 Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was not loved, gave her a child; while Rachel had no children.
  • Gen 29:33 : 33 Then she became with child again, and gave birth to a son; and said, Because it has come to the Lord's ears that I am not loved, he has given me this son in addition: and she gave him the name Simeon.
  • Deut 21:15 : 15 If a man has two wives, one greatly loved and the other hated, and the two of them have had children by him; and if the first son is the child of the hated wife:
  • Prov 13:24 : 24 He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.
  • Matt 10:37 : 37 He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.
  • Luke 14:26 : 26 And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.
  • John 12:25 : 25 He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever.

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    10And not only so, but Rebecca being about to have a child by our father Isaac--

    11Before the children had come into existence, or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose and his selection might be effected, not by works, but by him whose purpose it is,

    12It was said to her, The older will be the servant of the younger.

  • Mal 1:2-3
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    2You have been loved by me, says the Lord. But you say, Where was your love for us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the Lord: but Jacob was loved by me,

    3And Esau was hated, and I sent destruction on his mountains, and gave his heritage to the beasts of the waste land.

  • Gen 27:41-42
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    41So Esau was full of hate for Jacob because of his father's blessing; and he said in his heart, The days of weeping for my father are near; then I will put my brother Jacob to death.

    42Then Rebekah, hearing what Esau had said, sent for Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, It seems that your brother Esau is purposing to put you to death.

  • Rom 9:14-16
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    14What may we say then? is God not upright? let it not be said.

    15For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and pity on whom I will have pity.

    16So then, it is not by the desire or by the attempt of man, but by the mercy of God.

  • Gen 25:28
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    28Now Isaac's love was for Esau, because Esau's meat was greatly to his taste: but Rebekah had more love for Jacob.

  • Rom 11:28
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    28As far as the good news is in question, they are cut off from God on account of you, but as far as the selection is in question, they are loved on account of the fathers.

  • Jer 49:10
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    10I have had Esau searched out, uncovering his secret places, so that he may not keep himself covered: his seed is wasted and has come to an end, and there is no help from his neighbours.

  • Amos 6:8
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    8The Lord God has taken an oath by himself, says the Lord, the God of armies: the pride of Jacob is disgusting to me, and I have hate for his great houses: so I will give up the town with everything in it.

  • 1 Chr 1:34
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    34And Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

  • Ps 139:21-22
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    21Are not your haters hated by me, O Lord? are not those who are lifted up against you a cause of grief to me?

    22My hate for them is complete; my thoughts of them are as if they were making war on me.

  • Hos 9:15
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    15All their evil-doing is in Gilgal; there I had hate for them; because of their evil-doing I will send them out of my house; they will no longer be dear to me; all their rulers are uncontrolled.

  • Heb 11:20
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    20By faith Isaac, blessing Jacob and Esau, gave news of things to come.

  • Obad 1:18
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    18And the children of Jacob will be a fire and those of Joseph a flame, and the children of Esau dry stems of grass, burned up by them till all is gone: and there will be no people living in Esau; for the Lord has said it.

  • Gen 33:9
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    9But Esau said, I have enough; keep what is yours, my brother, for yourself.

  • Rom 9:25
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    25As he says in Hosea, They will be named my people who were not my people, and she will be loved who was not loved.

  • Heb 11:18
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    18Of whom it had been said, From Isaac will your seed take their name:

  • Heb 12:17
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    17For you have knowledge that even long after, when he was desiring the blessing for his heritage, he was turned away, though he made his request frequently and with weeping; because the past might not be changed.

  • Gen 27:30
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    30And when Isaac had come to the end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had not long gone away from Isaac his father, Esau came in from the field.

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    6How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his secret stores looked for!

  • Gen 29:31
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    31Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was not loved, gave her a child; while Rachel had no children.

  • Gen 27:36
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    36And he said, Is it because he is named Jacob that he has twice taken my place? for he took away my birthright, and now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not kept a blessing for me?

  • Gen 37:4
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    4And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were full of hate for him, and would not say a kind word to him.

  • Gen 27:15
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    15And Rebekah took the fair robes of her oldest son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son:

  • Gen 36:9
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    9And these are the generations of Esau, the father of the Edomites in the hill-country of Seir:

  • Rom 9:29
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    29And, as Isaiah had said before, If the Lord of armies had not given us a seed, we would have been like Sodom and Gomorrah.

  • Hos 11:1
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    1When Israel was a child he was dear to me; and I took my son out of Egypt.

  • Rom 9:8
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    8That is, it is not the children of the flesh, but the children of God's undertaking, who are named as the seed.

  • Rom 9:6
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    6But it is not as if the word of God was without effect. For they are not all Israel, who are of Israel:

  • Rom 9:3
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    3For I have a desire to take on myself the curse for my brothers, my family in the flesh:

  • John 15:18
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    18If you are hated by the world, keep in mind that I was hated by the world before you.

  • Matt 5:43
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    43You have knowledge that it was said, Have love for your neighbour, and hate for him who is against you: