“It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.”
'The older will serve the younger.' Just as it is written: 'Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.' — The citation of Malachi 1:2-3 proclaims the reversed order: Jacob, though younger, is loved (ἐγάπησα, egápēsa); Esau, the natural heir, is hated (ἐμίσησα, emisēsa). The language of love and hate is not emotional but covenantal: election and non-election, blessing and subordination.
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