Romans 9:8-13

English Standard Version

⁸ This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but ^(A)the children of the promise are counted as offspring. ⁹ For this is what the promise said: ^(B)“About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son.” ¹⁰ And not only so, but ^(C)also when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac, ¹¹ though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of ^(D)him who calls— ¹² she was told, ^(E)“The older will serve the younger.” ¹³ As it is written, ^(F)“Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”