It is written,“ I chose Jacob instead of Esau.”( Malachi 1:2, 3)

正如经上所记：雅各是我所爱的；以扫是我所恶的。

正如经上所记：“雅各是我所爱的；以扫是我所恶的。”

正如经上所记：“雅各是我所爱的；以扫是我所恶的。”

正如圣经上说：“我爱雅各，厌恶以扫。”

正如经上所记的：“我爱雅各，却恶以扫。”

正如经上所记：“我爱雅各，却恨以扫。”

正如經上所記：雅各是我所愛的；以掃是我所惡的。

正如經上所記：「雅各是我所愛的；以掃是我所惡的。」

正如經上所記：「雅各是我所愛的；以掃是我所惡的。」

正如聖經上說：「我愛雅各，厭惡以掃。」

正如經上所記的：“我愛雅各，卻惡以掃。”

正如經上所記：『我愛了雅各，少愛以掃。』

正如經上所記：「我愛雅各，卻恨以掃。」

如經云、我愛雅各、而惡以掃、○

如經云、吾愛雅各、不愛以掃、

如經載云、我愛雅各而惡以掃、○

經云：『余愛雅谷伯、而憎伊梢』、此之謂也。

Just as it is written:“ Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

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

In the words of the Scriptures,“ I loved Jacob, but I rejected Esau.”

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

Just as it is written:“ Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.”

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

Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.

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

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

just as it is written:“ Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

Even as it is written,“ Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

“ Israel, I have loved you,” says the Lord.“ But you ask,‘ How have you loved us?’“ Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” says the Lord.“ But I chose Jacobinstead of Esau. I have turned Esau’s hill country into a dry and empty land. I left that land of Edom to the wild dogs in the desert.”

Suppose a man has two wives. He loves one but not the other. And both of them have sons by him. But the oldest son is the son of the wife the man doesn’t love.

The Lord saw that Jacob didn’t love Leah as much as he loved Rachel. So he let Leah have children. But Rachel wasn’t able to have children.

“ Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. Anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Those who don’t correct their children hate them. But those who love them are careful to correct them.

She became pregnant again. She had a son. Then she said,“ The Lord heard that Jacob doesn’t love me very much. That’s why the Lord gave me this one too.” So she named him Simeon.

“ Anyone who comes to me must hate their father and mother. They must hate their wife and children. They must hate their brothers and sisters. And they must hate even their own life. Unless they do this, they can’t be my disciple.

Anyone who loves their life will lose it. But anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it and have eternal life.