9. For the word of the promise is this, At this time I will come, and Sara shall have a son.
10. And not only this, but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac
11. (for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand: not of works, but of him that calls),
12. it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
13. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14. What shall we say then? Is there injustice in God? No, in no wise.
15. For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
16. So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that has mercy.