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Romans 9:13 <a href="/romans/9-14.htm" title="Romans 9:14">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse"> <a href="#study" class="clickchap2" title="Context and Study Bible"> Audio </a> <a href="#crossref" class="clickchap2" title="Cross References"> Crossref </a> <a href="#commentary" class="clickchap2" title="Commentary"> Comment </a> <a href="#lexicon" class="clickchap2" title="Lexicon"> Greek </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/romans/9.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/romans/9.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Just as it is written: &#8220Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/romans/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />In the words of the Scriptures, “I loved Jacob, but I rejected Esau.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/romans/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/romans/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/romans/9.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />As it has been written: "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/romans/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/romans/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />As it is written, “Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/romans/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Just as it is written: “JACOB I HAVE LOVED, BUT ESAU I HAVE HATED.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/romans/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Just as it is written, &#8220JACOB I LOVED, BUT ESAU I HATED.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/romans/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Just as it is written, “JACOB I LOVED, BUT ESAU I HATED.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/romans/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Just as it is written, “JACOB I LOVED, BUT ESAU I HATED.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/romans/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />As it is written <i>and</i> forever remains written, “JACOB I LOVED (chose, protected, blessed), BUT ESAU I HATED (held in disregard compared to Jacob).”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/romans/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />As it is written: I have loved Jacob, but I have hated Esau.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/romans/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />As it is written: I have loved Jacob, but I have hated Esau. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/romans/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/romans/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />That's why the Scriptures say that the Lord liked Jacob more than Esau. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/romans/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/romans/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The Scriptures say, "I loved Jacob, but I hated Esau."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/romans/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />As the scripture says, "I loved Jacob, but I hated Esau." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/romans/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/romans/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/romans/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />just as it is written: "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/romans/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Even as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/romans/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/romans/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />This agrees with the other Scripture which says, "Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/romans/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Even as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/romans/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />according as it has been written: “Jacob I loved, and Esau I hated.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/romans/9.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />As it has been written: "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/romans/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> according as it hath been written, 'Jacob I did love, and Esau I did hate.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/romans/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />As has been written, Jacob have I loved, and Esau have I hated.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/romans/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />As it is written: Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/romans/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />So also it was written: “I have loved Jacob, but I have hated Esau.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/romans/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />As it is written: “I loved Jacob but hated Esau.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/romans/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />As it is written, “I have loved Jacob, but I have hated Esau.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/romans/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />As it is written, Jacob have I loved but Esau have I hated.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/romans/9.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />As it is written: “I have loved Jacob and I have hated Esau.”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/romans/9.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />as it is written: Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/romans/9.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />as has been written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/romans/9.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />As it is written, ?Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.?<RX 39.1.2-3><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/romans/9.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />as it is written, "Jacob have I loved, but Esau I have discarded."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/romans/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />This agrees with the other Scripture which says, "Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/romans/9.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />Even as it has been written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/romans/9.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />"I loved Jacob and I hated Esau."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/romans/9-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KIZs4GUMn-g?start=2283" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/romans/9.htm">God's Sovereign Choice</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.” <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/2531.htm" title="2531: kathōs (Conj) -- According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that.">So</a> <a href="/greek/1125.htm" title="1125: gegraptai (V-RIM/P-3S) -- A primary verb; to grave, especially to write; figuratively, to describe.">it is written:</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: Ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2384.htm" title="2384: Iakōb (N-AMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Jacob, the progenitor of the Israelites.">“Jacob</a> <a href="/greek/25.htm" title="25: ēgapēsa (V-AIA-1S) -- To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love.">I loved,</a> <a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">but</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2269.htm" title="2269: Ēsau (N-AMS) -- Esau, elder son of Isaac the patriarch, brother of Jacob. Of Hebrew origin; Esau, an Edomite.">Esau</a> <a href="/greek/3404.htm" title="3404: emisēsa (V-AIA-1S) -- To hate, detest, love less, esteem less. From a primary misos; to detest; by extension, to love less.">I hated.”</a> </span> <span class="reftext">14</span>What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/1-2.htm">Malachi 1:2-3</a></span><br />“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved, / but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/25-23.htm">Genesis 25:23</a></span><br />and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/12-16.htm">Hebrews 12:16-17</a></span><br />See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright. / For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/27-27.htm">Genesis 27:27-40</a></span><br />So he came near and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothing, he blessed him and said: “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed. / May God give to you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth—an abundance of grain and new wine. / May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/obadiah/1-10.htm">Obadiah 1:10-12</a></span><br />Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever. / On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them. / But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/28-13.htm">Genesis 28:13-15</a></span><br />And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie. / Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. / Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-7.htm">Deuteronomy 7:7-8</a></span><br />The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. / But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-25.htm">Matthew 11:25-26</a></span><br />At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. / Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/1-4.htm">Ephesians 1:4-5</a></span><br />For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love / He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-9.htm">1 Peter 2:9-10</a></span><br />But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. / Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/41-8.htm">Isaiah 41:8-9</a></span><br />“But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend— / I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said, ‘You are My servant.’ I have chosen and not rejected you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-3.htm">Jeremiah 31:3</a></span><br />The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-16.htm">John 15:16</a></span><br />You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-13.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:13</a></span><br />But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/4-19.htm">1 John 4:19</a></span><br />We love because He first loved us.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.</p><p class="hdg">Jacob.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/malachi/1-2.htm">Malachi 1:2,3</a></b></br> I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? <i>Was</i> not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, … </p><p class="hdg">hated.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/29-31.htm">Genesis 29:31,33</a></b></br> And when the LORD saw that Leah <i>was</i> hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel <i>was</i> barren… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/21-15.htm">Deuteronomy 21:15</a></b></br> If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, <i>both</i> the beloved and the hated; and <i>if</i> the firstborn son be hers that was hated:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/13-24.htm">Proverbs 13:24</a></b></br> He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/acts/24-14.htm">Agrees</a> <a href="/malachi/1-3.htm">Esau</a> <a href="/romans/7-15.htm">Hate</a> <a href="/romans/1-30.htm">Hated</a> <a href="/acts/7-46.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/romans/8-37.htm">Loved</a> <a href="/romans/8-36.htm">Scripture</a> <a href="/romans/8-36.htm">Written</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_corinthians/4-17.htm">Agrees</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-20.htm">Esau</a> <a href="/romans/12-9.htm">Hate</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-29.htm">Hated</a> <a href="/romans/11-26.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/romans/9-25.htm">Loved</a> <a href="/romans/9-16.htm">Scripture</a> <a href="/romans/9-33.htm">Written</a><div class="vheading2">Romans 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/9-1.htm">Paul is sorry for the Jews.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/9-7.htm">All of Abraham not of the promise.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/9-18.htm">God's sovereignty.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/9-25.htm">The calling of the Gentiles and rejecting of the Jews, foretold.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">32. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/9-32.htm">The cause of their stumbling.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/romans/9.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>So it is written</b><br />This phrase underscores the authority and divine inspiration of Scripture. The Apostle Paul is referencing the Old Testament, specifically <a href="/malachi/1-2.htm">Malachi 1:2-3</a>, to support his argument. The use of "it is written" is a common Jewish idiom that signifies the unchanging and authoritative nature of God's Word. In the Greek, "gegraptai" (it is written) is in the perfect tense, indicating a past action with ongoing relevance, emphasizing the eternal truth of God's declarations.<p><b>Jacob I loved</b><br />The word "loved" here is translated from the Greek "ēgapēsa," which is derived from "agapao," a term often used to describe God's covenantal love. This love is not based on human merit but on God's sovereign choice and grace. Historically, Jacob, later named Israel, became the father of the twelve tribes, representing God's chosen people. This choice was made before Jacob and Esau were born, highlighting the doctrine of election, where God's love is an act of His sovereign will rather than human action.<p><b>but Esau I hated</b><br />The term "hated" is translated from the Greek "emisēsa," which can be understood in the context of preference or choice rather than emotional disdain. In the Hebrew context, as seen in Malachi, "hated" can imply a lesser degree of love or favor. This phrase reflects the divine prerogative in choosing Jacob over Esau for the fulfillment of His covenantal promises. Esau, though blessed materially, did not receive the spiritual inheritance that Jacob did. This distinction serves to illustrate God's sovereign will in His redemptive plan, where His choices are based on His purposes and not human merit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/romans/9-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">So</span><br /><span class="grk">καθὼς</span> <span class="translit">(kathōs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2531.htm">Strong's 2531: </a> </span><span class="str2">According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it is written:</span><br /><span class="grk">γέγραπται</span> <span class="translit">(gegraptai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1125.htm">Strong's 1125: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary verb; to 'grave', especially to write; figuratively, to describe.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Jacob</span><br /><span class="grk">Ἰακὼβ</span> <span class="translit">(Iakōb)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2384.htm">Strong's 2384: </a> </span><span class="str2">Of Hebrew origin; Jacob, the progenitor of the Israelites.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I loved,</span><br /><span class="grk">ἠγάπησα</span> <span class="translit">(ēgapēsa)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_25.htm">Strong's 25: </a> </span><span class="str2">To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but</span><br /><span class="grk">δὲ</span> <span class="translit">(de)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary particle; but, and, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Esau</span><br /><span class="grk">Ἠσαῦ</span> <span class="translit">(Ēsau)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2269.htm">Strong's 2269: </a> </span><span class="str2">Esau, elder son of Isaac the patriarch, brother of Jacob. Of Hebrew origin; Esau, an Edomite.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I hated.”</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐμίσησα</span> <span class="translit">(emisēsa)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3404.htm">Strong's 3404: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hate, detest, love less, esteem less. 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