⁷ Do not despise an Edomite,^(A) for the Edomites are related to you.^(B) Do not despise an Egyptian, because you resided as foreigners in their country.^(C)

¹⁹ And you are to love^(A) those who are foreigners,^(B) for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt.^(C)

²¹ “Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner,^(A) for you were foreigners^(B) in Egypt.

³⁴ The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born.^(A) Love them as yourself,^(B) for you were foreigners^(C) in Egypt.^(D) I am the Lord your God.

⁹ “Do not oppress a foreigner;^(A) you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.

²⁴ When the time came for her to give birth,^(A) there were twin boys in her womb.^{(B) 25} The first to come out was red,^(C) and his whole body was like a hairy garment;^(D) so they named him Esau.^{[a](E) 26} After this, his brother came out,^(F) with his hand grasping Esau’s heel;^(G) so he was named Jacob.^[b](H) Isaac was sixty years old^(I) when Rebekah gave birth to them.

Edom Denies Israel Passage

¹⁴ Moses sent messengers from Kadesh^(A) to the king of Edom,^(B) saying:

¹⁰ and rescued him from all his troubles. He gave Joseph wisdom and enabled him to gain the goodwill of Pharaoh king of Egypt. So Pharaoh made him ruler over Egypt and all his palace.^(A)

¹¹ “Then a famine struck all Egypt and Canaan, bringing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.^{(B) 12} When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our forefathers on their first visit.^{(C) 13} On their second visit, Joseph told his brothers who he was,^(D) and Pharaoh learned about Joseph’s family.^{(E) 14} After this, Joseph sent for his father Jacob and his whole family,^(F) seventy-five in all.^{(G) 15} Then Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our ancestors died.^{(H) 16} Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a certain sum of money.^(I)

¹⁷ “As the time drew near for God to fulfill his promise to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt had greatly increased.^{(J) 18} Then ‘a new king, to whom Joseph meant nothing, came to power in Egypt.’^[a](K)

Israel Doubts God’s Love

² “I have loved^(A) you,” says the Lord.

“But you ask,^(B) ‘How have you loved us?’

“Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob,^(C)