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In his epistle to the Romans, Paul writes, even before they were born or had done anything

good or bad, so that God's purpose of election might continue, not by works, but by his

call, Rebecca was told, the elder shall serve the younger.

As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

It's Romans 9, 11 to 13.

With brutal concision, Paul asserts the election of Jacob and rejection of Esau without regard to merit.

Yet also, in the next verse, asserts that God's love and hatred

are not unjust. What can this mean? Such a simple question admits of no simple answer. Fortunately,

mercifully, my task here is not to answer that question, but far more simply to trace in broad outline the

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