“And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;”
Not only that, but Rebekah's children were conceived at the same time by our father Isaac. — A single pregnacy (Rebekah with Isaac) produces twins; yet within that womb, God's election distinguishes. The pre-birth selection sets up the Jacob/Esau narrative and escapes all human logic.
Church Fathers on Romans 9:10
“And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac.” The subject in question was an important one. Hence he turns to several arguments, and endeavors by all means to solve the difficulty. For if it was at once strange and new for them to be cast out after so great promises, it is much more strange that we even should come into their good things, who did not expect anything of the kind. And the case was the same as if a king's son, who…
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