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Rom 9:13. Καθὼς, as) The word spoken by Malachi, at a period so long subsequent, agrees with that spoken in Genesis.-τὸν Ἰακὼβ ἠγάπησα κ.τ.λ.) Mal 1:2, LXX., ἠγάπησα τὸν Ἰακὼβ κ.τ.λ.-ἠγάπησα-ἐμίσησα, I have loved-I have hated) The reference is not to the spiritual state of each of the two brothers: but the external condition of Jacob and Esau, in like manner as the corporeal birth of Isaac is a type of spiritual things, Rom 9:9. All Israelites are not saved, and all Edomites are not damned. But Paul intimates, that as there was a difference between the sons of Abraham and Isaac, so there was a difference among the posterity of Israel. So far has he demonstrated what he purposed; he in the next place introduces an objection, and refutes it; μισε͂ιν properly signifies to hate, nay, to hate greatly. See Mal 1:4, at the end.