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As it has been written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

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Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
it has been written: To write; pass: it is written, it stands written (in the scriptures). V-RIM/P-3S H1125 γέγραπται gegraptai
“Jacob (Hebrew), Jacob, (a) the patriarch, son of Isaac, (b) father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. N-AMS H2384 Ἰακὼβ iakōb
I loved, To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. V-AIA-1S H25 ἠγάπησα ēgapēsa
Esau Esau, elder son of Isaac the patriarch, brother of Jacob. N-AMS H2269 Ἠσαῦ ēsau
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I hated.” To hate, detest, love less, esteem less. V-AIA-1S H3404 ἐμίσησα emisēsa

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Esau

Esau [N] [H] [S] hairy, Rebekah's first-born twin son ( Genesis 25:25 ). The name of Edom, "red", was also given to him from his conduct in connection with the red lentil "pottage" for which he sold his birthright (30,31). The circumstances connected with his birth foreshadowed the enmity which afterwards subsisted between the twin brothers and the nations they founded ( Genesis 25:22  Gene... View Details

Jacob

Jacob, the son of Isaac, and twin to Esau. Jacob [N] [B] [H] [S] one who follows on another's heels; supplanter, ( Genesis 25:26 ;  27:36 ;  Hosea 12:2-4 ), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah. He was born probably at Lahai-roi, when his father was fifty-nine and Abraham one hundred and fifty-nine years old. Like his father, he was of a quiet and gentle disposition, an... View Details

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Berean Bible As it has been written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
King James Bible As it has been written: “Jacob is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.”
Hebrew Greek English As Just as it has been written: “Jacob is written, "JACOB I loved, but Esau LOVED, BUT ESAU I hated.”HATED."
New American Standard Bible 1995 As Just as it has been written: “Jacob is written, "JACOB I loved, but Esau LOVED, BUT ESAU I hated.”HATED."