I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? [Was] not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
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Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Je vous ai aimés, dit l'Eternel. Et vous dites: En quoi nous as-tu aimés? Esaü n'est-il pas frère de Jacob? dit l'Eternel. Cependant j'ai aimé Jacob,
KJV
I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? [Was] not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
Origen
Commentarii In Evangelium Joannis
γεννᾶται ἡ πρόδρομος τοῦ λόγου φωνή. ἐνωτί- 4 Hos. 12, 3 – 6 Röm. 9, 11 – 14. — 8 (Gen. 25 23). — 9 (Mal. 1, 2. 3). — 14 Vgl. Gen. 25, 23. Röm. 9, 13. — 19 Vgl. Jes. 40, 3. — 20 Vgl. Joh. — 23 Vgl. Aristot., hist. anim. 4, 9. — 29 Joh. 1, 23; Mark. 1, 3. — 31 Vgl. Luk. 1, 20. — 3…
Florus of Lyon
Book against John Scotus
lder will serve the younger.' As it is written, 'Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.'" (Romans 9:11-13; Malachi 1:1-2). Therefore, it is clear in this example, and in Jacob, who was loved and chosen without any merits and yet was similarly subject to original sin, that the predestin…
Florus of Lyon
Book against John Scotus
istance in both temporal and eternal matters. God says, "I have loved Jacob, but Esau I have hated" (Malachi 1:2). This prophetic testimony is rightly understood only when joined with the one from Genesis. Just as it was said, "The older will serve the younger," so also, "I have…
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