Genesis 25:26

25:26 When his brother came out with ¹  his hand clutching Esau’s heel, they named him Jacob. ²  Isaac was sixty years old ³  when they were born.

Joshua 24:4

24:4 and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I assigned Mount Seir, ⁴  while Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

Joshua 24:1

Israel Renews its Commitment to the Lord

24:1 Joshua assembled all the Israelite tribes at Shechem. He summoned Israel’s elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and they appeared before God.

Joshua 1:1

The Lord Commissions Joshua

1:1 After Moses the Lord’s servant died, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant:

Isaiah 41:8

The Lord Encourages His People

41:8 “You, my servant Israel,

Jacob whom I have chosen,

offspring of Abraham my friend, ⁵ 

Malachi 1:2-3

1:2 “I have shown love to you,” says the Lord, but you say, “How have you shown love to us?”

“Esau was Jacob’s brother,” the Lord explains, “yet I chose Jacob 1:3 and rejected Esau. ⁶  I turned Esau’s ⁷  mountains into a deserted wasteland ⁸  and gave his territory ⁹  to the wild jackals.”

Romans 9:10-13

9:10 Not only that, but when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, ¹⁰  our ancestor Isaac – 9:11 even before they were born or had done anything good or bad (so that God’s purpose in election ¹¹  would stand, not by works but by ¹²  his calling) ¹³  – 9:12 ¹⁴  it was said to her, “The older will serve the younger,” ¹⁵  9:13 just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” ¹⁶ 

¹ tn The disjunctive clause describes an important circumstance accompanying the birth. Whereas Esau was passive at birth, Jacob was active.

² tn Heb “And he called his name Jacob.” Some ancient witnesses read “they called his name Jacob” (see v. 25). In either case the subject is indefinite.

³ tn Heb “the son of sixty years.”

⁴ tn Heb “I gave to Esau Mount Seir to possess it.”

⁵ tn Or perhaps, “covenantal partner” (see 1 Kgs 5:15 HT [5:1 ET]; 2 Chr 20:7).

⁶ tn Heb “and I loved Jacob, but Esau I hated.” The context indicates this is technical covenant vocabulary in which “love” and “hate” are synonymous with “choose” and “reject” respectively (see Deut 7:8; Jer 31:3; Hos 3:1; 9:15; 11:1).

⁷ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Esau) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “I set his mountains as a desolation.”

⁹ tn Or “inheritance” (so NIV, NLT).

¹⁰ tn Or possibly “by one act of sexual intercourse.” See D. Moo, Romans (NICNT), 579.

¹¹ tn Grk “God’s purpose according to election.”

¹² tn Or “not based on works but based on…”

¹³ tn Grk “by the one who calls.”

¹⁴ sn Many translations place this verse division before the phrase “not by works but by his calling” (NA²⁷/UBS⁴, NIV, NRSV, NLT, NAB). Other translations place this verse division in the same place that the translation above does (NASB, KJV, NKJV, ASV, RSV). The translation has followed the latter to avoid breaking the parenthetical statement.

¹⁵ sn A quotation from Gen 25:23.

¹⁶ sn A quotation from Mal 1:2-3.