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


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Malachi 1 2 I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
Genesis 27 41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
Genesis 25 28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Genesis 27 19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first born; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
Jeremiah 49 10 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.
Genesis 32 18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.
Joshua 24 4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
Genesis 25 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
Genesis 27 22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
Genesis 27 24 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
Genesis 28 8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
Genesis 27 42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
Genesis 27 30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
Numbers 23 21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
Genesis 27 21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.
Genesis 33 4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
Genesis 31 29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
Isaiah 45 4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
Genesis 36 8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
Matthew 1 15 And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;
Jeremiah 10 25 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.
Obadiah 1 18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.
Genesis 27 38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
Genesis 25 29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
Genesis 27 34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
Genesis 33 9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
Genesis 28 6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughers of Canaan;
2 Samuel 1 26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
Malachi 1 3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
Genesis 27 6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
Genesis 25 26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
Psalms 85 1 Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
Genesis 25 27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
Micah 3 8 But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
Genesis 42 36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Nahum 2 2 For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.
Isaiah 43 28 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.
Genesis 28 7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;
Genesis 32 27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
Jeremiah 31 11 For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
Isaiah 43 22 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.
Isaiah 44 1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
Genesis 27 32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
Genesis 27 36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
Psalms 99 4 The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
Genesis 31 36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
Psalms 135 4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.
Genesis 37 1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 34 3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
Genesis 32 3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.