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- Romans 9:13 quotes part of this passage, “As it is written: ‘I loved Jacob but hated Esau.’” Is it true that God hated Esau? No, God did not hate Esau, but God did prefer Jacob (later known as Israel) over Esau.
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Oct 21, 2019 · Thus, the phrase "God hated Esau" can mean but that God being omniscient pre-knew bad choices and actions of Esau and this He hated, I mean, the transgressions of Esau, not Esau himself. He hated those transgressions out of love of Esau, in whom He always and forever unto ages of ages viewed His own image and likeness, eternally lovable for Him.
May 15, 2024 · The assertion that God “hated” Esau comes from a passage in the Bible, specifically from the book of Malachi and Paul’s letter to the Romans. In Malachi 1:2-3, it states: “I have loved you,” says the LORD. “But you ask, ‘How have you loved us?’. Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD.
Sep 16, 2022 · No, God didn’t say He hated Esau, the man. The Scripture Paul quoted from was Malachi 1:2-3 and was given years after Esau was born. The Lord merely told Rebekah the younger would be the...
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God made this choice before they were born based on nothing other, apparently, than His own will and purpose. The quote from the lips of God seems contrary to our usual understanding of Him. We easily understand that He would love an unborn child, but why and how could He have hated Esau, let alone before birth? That's not the God we think we know.
There are some, that by Esau and Jacob do understand their posterity, and not their persons; that say, the love and hatred of God, in the forecited text, doth only or chiefly respect temporal things; God loved Jacob, i.e. he gave him the Land of Promise; but hated Esau, i.e. he gave him a dry and barren country, and made his mountain waste ...
Jan 28, 2015 · By Jeremy Myers. 26 Comments. Paul writes a difficult statement in Romans 9:13: Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated. Scholars debate whether or not God actually hated Esau. There are two main opinions on this question. Option 1: Hate = “Love Less” Some argue that the reference to hate in Malachi 1:2-3 is a Hebrew idiom for “love less.”
Oct 6, 2020 · One of these difficult verses is found in Romans 9:13, it reads “Just as it is written, ‘Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.’”Before we tackle this question, remember this was written in around 557-525 B.C., thousands of years after Jacob and Esau were born. Was God saying that before Esau was born, He disliked Esau?
