NET Bible
"just as it is written:“Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”"
— Romans 9:13, NET Bible
“As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.”
“Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated. ”
“Even as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."”
“As it is written: Jacob I have loved: but Esau I have hated.”
“Even as it is said, I had love for Jacob, but for Esau I had hate.”
“As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.”
Not only that, but when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our ancestor Isaac–
even before they were born or had done anything good or bad(so that God’s purpose in election would stand, not by works but by his calling)–
it was said to her,“The older will serve the younger,”
just as it is written:“Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not!
For he says to Moses:“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
So then, it does not depend on human desire or exertion, but on God who shows mercy.